{"product_id":"9780827615151","title":"Moshkeleh the Thief : A Rediscovered Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis first English translation of Sholom Aleichem's rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an underclass Jew replete with characters never before been seen in Yiddish literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The eponymous hero, Moshkeleh, is a robust chap and horse thief. When Tsireleh, daughter of a tavern keeper, flees to a monastery with the man she loves-a non-Jew she met at the tavern-the humiliated tavern keeper's family turns to Moshkeleh for help, not knowing he too is in love with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e For some unknown reason, this innovative novel does not appear in the standard twenty-eight-volume edition of Sholom Aleichem's collected works, published after his death. Strikingly, Moshkeleh the Thief shows Jews interacting with non-Jews in the Russian Pale of Settlement-a groundbreaking theme in modern Yiddish literature. This novel is also important for Sholom Aleichem's approach to his material. Yiddish literature had long maintained a tradition of edelkeyt, refinement. Authors eschewed violence, the darker side of life, and people on the fringe of respectability. Moshkeleh thus enters a Jewish arena not hitherto explored in a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52286872355127,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":108.08,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780827615151-1.jpg?v=1784961023","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780827615151","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}