Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son

Tevye is the compassionate, lovable, Bible-quoting dairyman from Anatevka, and Tevye the Dairyman is a heartwarming and poignant account of life in turn-of-the-century Russia. Through the workaday world of a rural dairyman, his grit, wit, and heart, his daughters' courtships and marriages, and the eventual menace of the pogroms, Sholem Aleichem reveals the fabric of a now-vanished world. Motl is the clear-eyed, spirited, mischievous boy who narrates Motl the Cantor's Son, a comic novel about his emigration with his family from Russia to America. It is a journey that mirrors a larger exodus, telling the story of the disintegration of traditional Jewish life and the beginning of a new chapter of Jewish history in America.Author: Aleichem, Sholem,author,Shevrin, Aliza,translator,Miron, Dan,contributor Contributors: Aleichem, Sholem,author,Shevrin, Aliza,translator,Miron, Dan,contributor Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,Yiddish,Original Language,Englis Edition: New Published/Release Date: 28 May 2009 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Penguin Books Ltd Author/Director/Artist: Sholem Aleichem Dimension (cm): 196x129x23 mm Package Dimension (cm): 34x196x131 mm Item Weight (g): 312 Package Weight (g): 350