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When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories
Uniform Title
Short stories. Selections. English
Title
When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories / Isaac Bashevis Singer ; pictures by Margot Zemach ; translated by the author and Elizabeth Shub.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.
Physical Description
115 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 11695: Dust jacket. From the library of Mimi Kayden.
Notes
Hebrew translation has title: Shelumiʼel ish-Ḥelem ṿe-ʻod sipurim.
Newbery Honor Book, 1969
Summary
Eight stories based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe include: Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the Miser; Tsirtsur & Peziza; Rabbi Leib & the Witch Cunegunde; The Elders of Chelm & Genendel's Key; Shlemiel, the Businessman; Utzel & His Daughter Poverty; Menaseh's Dream; When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.
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When Shlemiel went to Warsaw and other stories
Other formats
Online version: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Short stories. English. Selections. When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968
Online version: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Short stories. English. Selections. When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2023
Series
An Ariel book
Contents
Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the miser
Tsirtsur & Peziza
Rabbi Leib & the witch Cunegunde
The elders of Chelm & Genendel's key
Shlemiel, the businessman
Utzel & his daughter Poverty
Menaseh's dream
When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Short stories - Juvenile.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.
Short stories.
Translations.
Short stories.
Juvenile literature.
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