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The new English translation is drawing praise but surprisingly, the original Yiddish version was never released in book form ...
The question is posed and pondered and fiercely debated across the epic breadth of “Sons and Daughters,” by the poet and novelist Chaim Grade (1910-82). Widely considered the last of the 20th ...
Knopf acquired the book, “Sons and Daughters” — the last novel by the late, great Yiddish novelist Chaim Grade — landed in bookstores on March 25. To call it “long-awaited” is an understatement. How ...
Knopf acquired the book, “Sons and Daughters” — the last novel by the late, great Yiddish novelist Chaim Grade — is landing in bookstores this week. To call it “long-awaited” is an ...
We recommend a bounty of good fiction this week, with a collection by Torrey Peters, a mystery by Deanna Raybourn and new novels from Chaim Grade ... a melancholy book that also happens to ...
Knopf acquired the book, “Sons and Daughters” — the last novel by the late, great Yiddish novelist Chaim Grade — is landing in bookstores this week. To call it “long-awaited” is an ...
I will learn the art of saying I’m sorry, showing that I empathize with the damage I’ve done and demonstrating that I’m making concrete corrections so that it won’t happen again. This is very ...
Four years after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, writer Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with a spellbinding family saga set in his home country of Tanzania. After graduating from university ...
November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
By T Bone Burnett In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life. By Dwight Garner “Only men understand the secret fears that go with the territory ...
The Yiddish poet Chaim Grade survived World War II by fleeing ... said at a 2012 conference on the writer at the Yiddish Book Center. The risk writers run when they set out to memorialize is ...