{"product_id":"a-bridge-of-books-by-the-yiddish-book-center","title":"A Bridge of Books by The Yiddish Book Center","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe forty-nine books presented in this volume and on display in the Yiddish Book Center’s core exhibition \u003cem\u003eYiddish: A Global Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, represent a journey into the modern Yiddish imagina­tion. Yiddish readers were voracious in their curiosity and hungry for news of the world around them. Here you will find books about polar exploration, the life of gauchos and ostrich farmers, the origins of Islam, the Spanish Civil War, and Norse legends. The genres include politics, social science, memoirs, poetry, children’s stories, travel writing, reportage, fantasy, literary classics, guidebooks, scientific writing, and musical theater. A cornucopia of Yiddish literature, these books reflect the practical concerns as well as the hopes and dreams of a migrant people.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of these volumes has been donated by friends and supporters of the Yiddish Book Center—a tiny sample of the million-plus books that the Center has received since 1980. They include some real rarities: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eYapanishe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003emayselekh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e(\u003cem\u003eJapa­nese Tales\u003c\/em\u003e), a slim \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epocket book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Japanese stories; \u003cem\u003eKhine \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eChina\u003c\/em\u003e), an impressively comprehensive guidebook cum statistical primer; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eKavkazer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003elibe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e(\u003cem\u003eLove in the Caucasus\u003c\/em\u003e), a Yiddish theater operetta script. All are found in just two or three other collections worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile some of these forty-nine titles are translations of world classics, most are original Yiddish texts. Of these, one or two at most have been translated. Sadly, that too is representative. Despite the exciting surge of new translations in recent years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe vast majority of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Yiddish books—numbering somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 titles, including outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction—remain inaccessible to all but the relatively small number of Yiddish readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover 98 pages, 1 pound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback 98 pages, 12.2 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/1057\/files\/BWLogoWGP.jpg?v=1653510349\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"83\" height=\"133\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WGP","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48176387063966,"sku":"mbh1787285506250","price":14.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48176387096734,"sku":"hct1787285506251","price":11.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6345\/4366\/files\/a-bridge-of-books-by-the-yiddish-book-center_1.jpg?v=1787285512","url":"https:\/\/urbanwearstore.shop\/products\/a-bridge-of-books-by-the-yiddish-book-center","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}