The Jewish Book of Fables: Selected Works

Title

en_US The Jewish Book of Fables: Selected Works

en_US Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art; A Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture Publication

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Yiddish

en_US Original language: yid

en_US First edition

en_US Eliezer Shtaynbarg; Edited, Translated from the Yiddish, and with an Introduction by Curt Leviant

Creator

en_US Craft, Dana

Contributor

en_US Craft, Dana

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:47Z

en_US 2003-04

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US There is an alphabetically ordered T of C at the front listing the fifty-five fables here. Twelve colored illustrations are gathered at the beginning. There are also perhaps a dozen black-and-white illustrations along the way; true to the bilingual character of the book with texts facing each other, these illustrations are mirror images of each other on facing pages. The best of these illustrations may be Over the Trough (121). These stories--or almost all of them--are fables and they are very enjoyable. The translator uses rhyming verse well for fable's trenchant impact. Let me mention a few of the best. In Aesop and the Ass (9), the ass begs for a rest. Aesop pontificates on, and the ass drops dead! In The Bayonet and the Needle (21), the needle cannot understand what the bayonet can make out of the people it sews. In The Crow and the Canary (63), the crow asks the other birds to be patient with the canary's attempts to learn to caw. In The Sacrifice (147), a cow means to echo a lion's song but his mooing is taken by animals to be an insult. In A Story Without an End (175), a donkey is beaten because he does not stand, and he does not stand because he is being beaten. And in The Umbrella, the Cane, and the Broom (183), the owner hears these three arguing over who is superior, and he asks about his worth. They each agree that God made him to cater to me. I enjoyed this book!

Identifier

en_US 815607180

en_US 5070 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80660

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Syracuse University Press

en_US Syracuse, NY

Subject

en_US PJ5129.S746 J49 2003

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole