Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son are the most celebrated characters in all of Jewish fiction. Tevye is the lovable, Bible-quoting father of seven daughters, a modern Job whose wisdom, humor, and resilience inspired the lead character in Fiddler on the Roof. And Motl is the spirited and mischievous nine-year-old boy who accompanies his family on a journey from their Russian shtetl to New York, and whose comical, poignant, and clear-eyed observations capture with remarkable insight the struggles and hopes and triumphs of Jewish immigrants to America at the turn of the twentieth century.
GMD | BOOK |
Publisher | Penguin, 2009 |
Subject | FictionFiction / JewishEuropean Jewish CultureJEWISH TRADITIONSJewish InterestRussian JewsYiddishMusic - Yiddish |
ISBN | 9780143105602 |
Additional ISBN | 0143105604 |
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