ISBN:
9780143117452
,
0143117459
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 457 S.
,
22 cm
Year of publication:
2010
Uniform Title:
Blonzende shṭeren 〈engl.〉
DDC:
839.133
Keywords:
Actors Fiction
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Theater, Yiddish Fiction
;
19th century
;
New York (N.Y.) Fiction
;
19th century
Abstract:
Spanning ten years and two continents, and set in the colorful world of the Yiddish theater at the close of the nineteenth century, Wandering Stars is an epic love story by the creator of Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof. When a traveling Yiddish acting company arrives in the Russian shtetl of Holeneshti, Reizel, daughter of a poor cantor, and Leibel, son of a rich man, fall under its spell. Together they run away to become entertainers themselves, and then tour separately around Europe, ultimately reuniting in New York. Suffused with the whimsy and wistfulness that are the hallmarks of the Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem, Wandering Stars is an engrossing romance, a great New York story, and an anthem for the magic of the theater
Note:
Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009
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