{"id":3805,"date":"2024-01-02T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/istrobooksdev\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3805"},"modified":"2024-01-02T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:19:43","slug":"the-fate-of-yaakov-maggid","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/istrobooksdev\/product\/the-fate-of-yaakov-maggid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fate of Yaakov Maggid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth<\/p>\n<p><strong>ISBN: 978-1-912545-360<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Once again, the extraordinary storyteller, Ludovic Bruckstein, opens the door onto a lost world of Jewish history and lore in the central European Carpathian region, now parts of Hungary, Romania and Ukraine. Invoking the tales of a great\u00a0maggid\u00a0\u2013 a wandering storyteller within the East-European tradition of Hasidism &#8211; he\u00a0weaves tales of wisdom and mystery which linger inside us long after the story has ended. Bruckstein&#8217;s previous titles\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/istrosbooks.com\/products\/books\/trap-102\/\">The Trap<\/a>, 2019\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/istrosbooks.com\/products\/books\/unopened-umbrella-116\/\">With an Unopened Umbrella in the Pouring Rain<\/a>, 2021)\u00a0have gained him a growing audience of dedicated readers in the English-speaking world, where his work has been too-long absent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This edition comes complete with a fascinating\u00a0glossary of terms and historical references compiled\u00a0by the translator.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Whereas contemporary short stories often rely on ephemeral insight, the lessons here feel solid, timeworn and tested. ..The translation from Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth captures brilliantly the sage wisdom of the rabbis with all their humour and mischief, while preserving the author\u2019s rich lexicon of Hebrew and Yiddish terms. Recommended with enthusiasm, this is a collection I plan to return to often.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>R\u00f3n\u00e1n Hession,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/books\/review\/2023\/11\/05\/translated-fiction-roundup-a-shining-by-nobel-winner-jon-fosse-a-perfect-example-of-his-gift-for-portraying-porous-psychological-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Irish Times<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruckstein\u2019s stories twist in oblique, unpredictable, eminently Jewish (or is that human?) ways\u2026 Bruckstein\u2019s first-class translator, Alistair Ian Blyth, has supplied copious erudite and readable notes on Jewish customs, towns and personalities in a book that celebrates a lost Jewish world joyously but realistically.. . In dark times it serves as a welcome panacea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Glanville,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/life-and-culture\/the-fate-of-yaakov-maggid-review-joyous-but-realistic-celebration-of-a-lost-jewish-world-kt57qwlx#https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/life-and-culture\/the-fate-of-yaakov-maggid-review-joyous-but-realistic-celebration-of-a-lost-jewish-world-kt57qwlx#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Jewish Chronicle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translated from the Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth ISBN: 978-1-912545-360 Once again, the extraordinary storyteller, Ludovic Bruckstein, opens the door onto a lost world of Jewish history and lore in the central European Carpathian region, now parts of Hungary, Romania and Ukraine. 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