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Viking Adult
February 2009
On Sale: February 5, 2009
448 pages
ISBN: 0670020524
EAN: 9780670020522
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Non-Fiction
The first complete translation of an epic love story by the
creator of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the
great Yiddish humorist Sholem Aleichem as well as the 100th
anniversary of the publication of Wandering Stars, his
sprawling love story spanning ten years and two continents,
and set in the colorful world of the Yiddish theater. In a Russian shtetl at the end of the nineteenth century,
Reisel, daughter of a poor cantor, and Leibel, son of a
rich man, fall under the spell of a traveling Yiddish
acting company. Together they run off to join the theater
but quickly become separated. Reisel goes on to become Rosa
Spivak, concert star, and Leibel becomes Leo Rafalesko,
theatrical sensation. Kept apart by their own successes and
by the managers who exploit their talent, they tour the
world until their wanderings bring them both to New York.
An engrossing romance, a great New York story, and an
anthem for the theater, Wandering Stars is a long-lost
literary classic, rediscovered here in a vibrant new
translation.
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