Whither? and other Stories
By the time of this death at the age of only 22, MZ Feierberg had written a small, but impressive collection of stories that promised an impressive future as a major writer. Collected and translated by Hillel Halkin, this was the first English edition of this important early Hebrew writer of the modern age.
"Whither captures the quandary of young men like Isaac Bashevis Singer, riven by conflicting emotions and wrenched between the choices of rejecting a world of rigid traditionalism or embracing the new secular Yiddish culture." - Seth L. Wolitz.
By the time of this death at the age of only 22, MZ Feierberg had written a small, but impressive collection of stories that promised an impressive future as a major writer. Collected and translated by Hillel Halkin, this was the first English edition of this important early Hebrew writer of the modern age.
"Whither captures the quandary of young men like Isaac Bashevis Singer, riven by conflicting emotions and wrenched between the choices of rejecting a world of rigid traditionalism or embracing the new secular Yiddish culture." - Seth L. Wolitz.
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By the time of this death at the age of only 22, MZ Feierberg had written a small, but impressive collection of stories that promised an impressive future as a major writer. Collected and translated by Hillel Halkin, this was the first English edition of this important early Hebrew writer of the modern age.
"Whither captures the quandary of young men like Isaac Bashevis Singer, riven by conflicting emotions and wrenched between the choices of rejecting a world of rigid traditionalism or embracing the new secular Yiddish culture." - Seth L. Wolitz.
