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Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze, translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
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Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze, translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Featuring: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
Translator Yermiyahu Ahron Taub in conversation about his latest work in translation, Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze. Maze interweaves Dineh’s story with portraits of others, chiefly women and girls, in her community. We meet the mysterious seamstress Shprintse; Beyle, who leaves home to work as a maidservant in Minsk; and Hinde, who falls in love with a young nobleman, among numerous unforgettable others. Maze unflinchingly examines the lives of women, writing about class stratification, thwarted romance, violence (domestic, state-instigated, and otherwise), and the perils of childbirth.
Presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2022 Great Jewish Books Club.
This event took place on August 04, 2022. It was presented online by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.
This recording was digitized and added to the library in November 2022.
This recording is in English
