{"product_id":"a-provincial-newspaper-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiriam Karpilove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Kirzane\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the young narrator of Miriam Karpilove's \u003ci\u003eA Provincial Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e leaves New York to work for a new Yiddish newspaper in Massachusetts, she expects to be treated with respect as a professional writer. Instead, she finds herself underpaid and overworked. In this slapstick novella, Karpilove's narrator lampoons the gaggle of blundering publishers and editors who put her through the ringer and spit her back out again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong with \u003ci\u003eA Provincial Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e, this captivating collection includes nineteen stories originally published in Forverts in the 1930s, during Karpilove's time as a staff writer at that newspaper. In the stories, we find a large cast of characters--an older woman navigating widowhood, a writer rebuffed by dismissive audiences, American-born Jewish girls unable to communicate with Yiddish-speaking immigrants, and a painter so overcome with jealousy about his muse's potential lover that he misses his opportunity with her--each portrayed with both sympathy and irony, in ways unexpected and delightful. Also included are Karpilove's recollections of her arrival in Palestine in 1926, chronicled with the same buoyant cynicism and witty repartee that is beloved by readers of her fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiriam Karpilove\u003c\/b\u003e (1886-1956) published dramas, criticism, sketches, short stories, and novellas in a variety of prominent Yiddish periodicals during her fifty-year career. She was a member of the\u003ci\u003e Forverts\u003c\/i\u003e staff, publishing seven novels and numerous works of short fiction between 1929 and 1937. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Kirzane\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant instructional professor of Yiddish in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eIn geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the translator of \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love, \u003c\/i\u003ealso by Miriam Karpilove.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47404654297266,"sku":"9780815611585","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/aa4eafce61589ca706b254885998fecb.webp?v=1778165816","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-provincial-newspaper-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}