To Tread on New Ground: Selected Hebrew Writings of Hava Shapiro

by Carole B. Balin

Hava Shapiro is among the nearly forgotten Jewish women writers who sought acceptance in Jewish literary circles of the last century. Born in Slavuta (modern-day Ukraine) in 1878, she published works of fiction, memoir, literary criticism, and journalism, including a volume of short fiction and a scholarly monograph on the Czech leader Masaryk. Her handwritten diary--the first known diary to be kept by a woman in Hebrew--evokes not only the momentous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814338690
• ISBN13: 9780814338698
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.8"