Wandering Stars (novel)

Wandering Stars
Author Sholem Aleichem
Original title Blondzhende stern
Language Yiddish
Genre Picaresque novel[1]
Publication date
 1909-1911

Wandering Stars (Yiddish: Blonzhende Stern or Blundzhende Shtern) is a novel by Sholem Aleichem, serialized in Warsaw newspapers from 1909 to 1911.[2] In it, Leibel, the son of a wealthy shtetl family, falls in love with cantor's daughter Reizel, and both fall for a traveling Yiddish theatre group. Separating and becoming successful performers in the West, under the names of Leo Rafalesco and Rosa Spivak, they eventually find each other again in America.

Two English translations of the novel exist: a 1952 abridged version by Frances Butwin (Wandering Star), and a 2009 unabridged version by Aliza Shevrin (with a foreword by Tony Kushner).

The Yiddish theatre of Israel, Yiddishpiel adapted a musical-stage production based on the novel, with book by Aya Kaplan and Joshua Sobol and direction by Aya Kaplan. The production opened in January 2016 and closed by March 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Kirsch, Adam (February 8, 2009). "Second Fiddle". Tablet Magazine.
  2. ↑ Selected works of Sholem-Aleykhem, Volume 2. J. Simon, Pangloss Press. 1994.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.