THE FIDDLE ROSE

Sutzkever, Abraham [Author]; Whitman, Ruth [Editor, Translator]; Chagall, Marc [Illustrations]

ISBN 10: 0814320023 / ISBN 13: 9780814320020

Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1990

About this Item

Octavo, 221 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is cream with red and sage green lettering. Wraps have mild creasing along front cover. Textblock has mild waviness along head edge; interior has mild bending wear along pp.73-74. Contains a frontispiece of Sutzkever [Author] by Chagall [Illustrator]. Shelved in Poetry. 1399851. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FIDDLE ROSE
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814320023
• ISBN 13: 9780814320020
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Dupont Circle

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About the Author

Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University. She is the author of "The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey through Language and Culture", which won a National Jewish Book Award. Her other books include "Jews and Power" (Schocken) and "The Schlemiel as Modern Hero".

Peintre russe, juif, Chagall rapporte d'un voyage en Palestine dans les annees 30 des gouaches qui sont a l'origine de son travail sur l'Ancien Testament. Ces planches constituent aussi le travail preparatoire au cycle du Message biblique: 17 oeuvres monumentales qu'il peindra par la suite et qui sont exposees au Musee National Message biblique a Nice.

Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and professor of comparative literature at Harvard University. She is the author of "The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey through Language and Culture", which won a National Jewish Book Award. Her other books include "Jews and Power" (Schocken) and "The Schlemiel as Modern Hero".