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History Made Modern: A Folktale from S.Y. Agnon

History Made Modern: A Folktale from S.Y. Agnon

FromIsrael in Translation


History Made Modern: A Folktale from S.Y. Agnon

FromIsrael in Translation

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Length:
7 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Celebrated Israeli author and Nobel Prize laureate S.Y. Agnon wrote his first novella And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight over 100 years ago. It has been translated for the first time into English by Michael Kramer and is newly published with Toby Press. Host Marcela Sulak reads the opening of this folktale that still bears lessons for us in the modern era.  Text: And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight, by S. Y. Agnon, translated by Michael Kramer. Toby Press, 2017. Music: Yiddish Hora - A Heymish Freylekhs - The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble Sha, Sha, Di Shviger Kumt - The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble
Released:
Jun 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.