A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas - Community Reviews back

by Ruth R. Wisse

Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it

15 years ago

text A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

I read most of these for a class, but not all, so maybe I'll get to them someday. The collection is pretty good over all, although I really couldn't get too into Bergelson--he works so hard to give us a melancholy atmosphere, and he succeeds... which makes his story genuinely oppressive and boring. ...

Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it

15 years ago

text A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

I read most of these for a class, but not all, so maybe I'll get to them someday. The collection is pretty good over all, although I really couldn't get too into Bergelson--he works so hard to give us a melancholy atmosphere, and he succeeds... which makes his story genuinely oppressive and boring. ...

Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it

15 years ago

text A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

I read most of these for a class, but not all, so maybe I'll get to them someday. The collection is pretty good over all, although I really couldn't get too into Bergelson--he works so hard to give us a melancholy atmosphere, and he succeeds... which makes his story genuinely oppressive and boring. ...

Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it

15 years ago

text A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

I read most of these for a class, but not all, so maybe I'll get to them someday. The collection is pretty good over all, although I really couldn't get too into Bergelson--he works so hard to give us a melancholy atmosphere, and he succeeds... which makes his story genuinely oppressive and boring. ...

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