Thirty-six stories by the Nobel Prize winner, including some of his most famous such as "Zlateh the Goat, " "Mazel and Shlimazel, " and "The Fools of Chelm and the Stupid Carp.".
In 1922 David Bendiger, an aspiring eighteen-year-old writer, is told he has qualified for a certificate permitting him to emigrate to Palestine. His expenses are to be paid by a woman he must marry in a fictitious arrangement.
Originally published as part of Short Friday. At the death of her father, Yentl cuts her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to study at a yeshiva.
Seven tales whose roots are in middle-European Jewish folklore and legend. The characters range from children to lovers, scolding wives to henpecked husbands, patient animals to hardworking men, and devils and goblins to the fools of Chelm.
