“Buck has never done better work than this. By a great gift of intuition she has entered into the mind, heart and spirit of the Chinese peasant woman and revealed the permanent values of life.” —The Times Literary Supplement.
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A compelling historical novel about the tragic alliance between Chinese and English forces in Burma during World War II.
Burma is under attack from the Japanese army, and a unit of Chinese soldiers is sent to aid endangered British...
Американець Вільям Сидні Портер працював простим бухгалтером, аж поки його не звинуватили в розтраті й не посадили до в'язниці на три...
Героїня роману, дівчинка Емілі — сирота. Її, що втратила матір, а згодом і батька, беруть на виховання родичі матері. Відтак вона звикає...
Емілі стала дорослішою, й життя підкидає їй нові труднощі, які вона долає з притаманною їй мудрістю та любов’ю. Вона покидає Місячний...
О жизни эмигрантов оказавшихся в Китае после революции и гражданской...
Историческая проза, Классическая проза
The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl and Motl, the Cantor's Son
This volume presents an outstanding new translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916). The Letters of Menakhem Mendl and Sheyne Sheyndl portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters...
Even the most pious Jew need not shed so many tears over the destruction of Jerusalem as the women were in the habit of shedding when Stempenyu was playing.
The first work of Sholom Aleichem’s to be translated into English — this long...
For the 150th anniversary of the birth of the “Jewish Mark Twain,” a new translation of his most famous works
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Canto’s Son are the most celebrated characters in all of Jewish fiction. Tevye is the lovable,...
Of all the characters in modern Jewish fiction, the most beloved is Tevye, the compassionate, irrepressible, Bible-quoting dairyman from Anatevka, who has been immortalized in the writings of Sholem Aleichem and in acclaimed and award-winning...