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From the Fair: The Autobiography of Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916) began writing his autobiography when he was 49 and was still working on it when he died at age 57. He considered From the Fair his greatest achievement, a book that combined the story of his life and a cultural and spiritual history of his times. Aleichem called it “my book of books, the Song of Songs of my soul.”
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Paperback
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304 pages
Published
May 6th 1986
by Penguin Books
(first published 1955)
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Its a nice book. Definitely gives your a good idea of how Jews used to live in Russia. it also explains the life of ordinary Jewish kids in old Russia and some of them now.
I ma amazed at how much Jews study their bibles. and how much devotion they have to their religion. most people would think its excessive.
the book is a good book with vivid pictures of the surroundings and the culture.
I ma amazed at how much Jews study their bibles. and how much devotion they have to their religion. most people would think its excessive.
the book is a good book with vivid pictures of the surroundings and the culture.
This is Sholom Aleichem's autobiography, and very enlightening. But even better is a book that Goodreads can't seem to find -- Sholom Aleichem's "In the Storm," which is about the failed revolution of 1905 and the reign of terror and pogroms that followed it. Told through the stories of two generations of intertwined Jewish families -- the parents are quite set in their ways, the children join the red underground. "In the Storm" is an incredible piece of history, beautifully told -- make you rea
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Written in the same eastern Europe folksy style of his stories, but the story of his own life until he went to the university. I grew up in Russian Jewish towns and villages, a vanished life style.
Fun memoir that supplies to background to the stories of one of Yiddish lit's central writers. He himself thought this was the best book he had ever written. I disagree, but oh well.
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Jewish writer, Sholem Rabinovich (1859-1916), who wrote under the pen name of Sholem Aleichem (Hebrew for "peace be upon you").
From 1883 on, Sholem Aleichem produced over forty volumes in Yiddish, thereby becoming a central figure in Yiddish literature by 1890.
Sholem Aleichem's narratives were notable for the naturalness of his characters' speech and the accuracy of his descriptions of shtetl lif ...more
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From 1883 on, Sholem Aleichem produced over forty volumes in Yiddish, thereby becoming a central figure in Yiddish literature by 1890.
Sholem Aleichem's narratives were notable for the naturalness of his characters' speech and the accuracy of his descriptions of shtetl lif ...more
