Deborah
Kreytman, Ester, 1891-19542004
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The novel begins in the hermetic, traditional world of Polish Jewry before the First World War. Deborah is the daughter of an unwordly rabbi. Talented and ambitious but condemned to household chores, she frets that she is not allowed to receive the same education and opportunities as her brothers.
Main title:
Deborah / Esther Singer Kreitman ; translated from the Yiddish by Maurice Carr ; introduction by Ilan Stavans ; afterword by Anita Norich.
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Edition:
Reprint.
Imprint:
London : David Paul, c2004.
Collation:
x, 316 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Foyle, 1946.
ISBN:
9780954054274 (hbk)
Dewey class:
G
Local class:
G
Language:
EnglishYiddish
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BRN:
2384950