Moshkeleh the Thief: A Rediscovered Novel

by Sholem and Sholom Aleichem

Book Overview

This first English translation of Sholom Aleichem's rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an underclass Jew replete with characters never before been seen in Yiddish literature.

The eponymous hero, Moshkeleh, is a robust chap and horse thief. When Tsireleh, daughter of a tavern keeper, flees to a monastery with the man she loves--a non-Jew she met at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827615159
• ISBN13: 9780827615151
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.7" x 8.9"