Chaim Grade: 3 books

This tender and moving memoir by the great Yiddish writer Chaim Grade takes us to the very source of his widely praised novels and poems—the city of Vilna, the "Jerusalem of Lithuania," during the years before World War II. Centered on the figure of Grade's mother, Vella—simple,...

These three superb novellas by the internationally celebrated Chaim Grade reaffirm his reputation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Yiddish writers of our time. Combining the richness of character and the moral concern that have consistently marked Grade's work, these stories offer a luminous...

Figlia di un famoso rabbino, Perele deve trovare uno sposo degno del suo rango. Ma il brillante fidanzato Moshe Mordechai, un genio del Talmud, la respinge poco prima delle nozze. Perele sposa allora un giovane di buon carattere ma di modeste ambizioni che si accontenta del suo ruolo di rabbino in...