Kahn, ,Sholom J. (Editor) — A Whole Loaf : Stories from Israel

Karni Publishers Ltd. Tel Aviv, Israel, 1957. First Edition, Hardcover (Orange Boards, Black Cloth Spine). Very Good Condition/Good. Titles, contents list, editor's acknowledgements & introduction to front. Here are a vintage collection of fifteen short stories from Israel, ‘a modest sampling from a very large storehouse' , fifteen good stories by some of the leading modern Hebrew writers. A personal selection of the Editor, chosen because they pleased him with their universal human interest and their literary value, these stories yet manage to mirror many of the typical experiences and rich traditions which have gone to make up modern Israel. Comedy, tragedy, realism, symbolism, all are here. Beginning with the stories of the great storyteller Moshe Smilansky, through those of the younger generation, represented by such writers as Shamir, Mossinson and Shaham - these are all tales of absorbing interest and they are exceedingly well told. Sholom J. Kahn, poet, translator and critic, comes from New York, and is a lecturer in the Department of English at the Hebrew University at Jerusalem. Translated into English from the Hebrew. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 344 pages. light wear to top edge of D/J.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. Includes bbiographical & critical notes to rear plus glossary. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Jewish Literature; Judaica; Israel; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 5150.