The World According to Itzik; Selected Poetry and Prose - only $39.00
There are then excerpts from a novel, The Book of Paradise, three short stories, autobiographical essays, critical essays, and finally, Manger s magnificent poetry -- ballads, bible poems, personal lyrics, and the Megilla Songs. With Manger we make the leap into the Jewish twentieth century, as he recreates the past in all its layered expressiveness and interprets it with modernist sensibilities.. These works, which have the patina of myths acquired ages ago, also offer modern psychological insight and irrepressible humor. In the years between 1929 and 1939, when Itzik Manger wrote most of the poetry and fiction that made him famous, his name among Yiddish readers was a household word. This book -- the first full-length anthology of Manger s work -- displays the full range of his genius in poetry, fiction, and criticism. » | |