The Highlander's Woman by Monica Burns
This volume presents an outstanding new translation of two favorite comic novels by the preeminent Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916). The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl portrays a tumultuous marriage through letters exchanged between the title character, an itinerant bumbler seeking his fortune in the cities of Russia before departing alone for the New World, and his scolding wife, who becomes increasingly fearful, jealous, and mystified. Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son is the first-person narrative of a mischievous and keenly observant boy who emigrates with his family from Russia to America. The final third of the story takes place in New York, making this Sholem Aleichem's only major work to be set in the United States. Motl and Menakhem-Mendl are in one sense opposites--the one a clear-eyed child and the other a pathetically deluded adult. Yet both are ideal conveyors of the comic disparity of perception on which humor depends. If Motl sees more than do others around him, Menakhem-Mendl has an almost infinite capacity for seeing less. Sholem Aleichem endows each character with an individual comic voice to tell in his own way the story of the collapse of traditional Jewish life in modern industrial society as well as the journey to America, where a new chapter of Jewish history begins. This volume includes a biographical and critical introduction as well as a useful glossary for English-language readers.Monica Burns is a bestselling paranormal and historical romance author. She chose the pseudonym she uses now when she was nine years old and wrote her first romance. Delight Me won the 2011 RT BookReviews Critics Choice Award and the 2012 Gayle Wilson Heart of Excellence Award in the category of historical fiction. She also won the 2011 PRISM Best of the Best prize for Assassin's Heart, a top paranormal romance award. She never gave up on her dream, despite rejections and failures, from the days when she kept her stories hidden from her sisters to the day she finished her first full-length work. Monica, a workaholic wife and mother, is a survivor who thinks that every hero and heroine, especially if she's penning the story, deserves a HEA (Happily Ever After).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780984027798 |
| ISBN 10 | 0984027793 |
| Title | The Highlander's Woman |
| Author | Monica Burns |
| Series | Reckless Rockwords |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Kathi B Scearce |
| Year published | 2019-02-18 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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