The Stories of David Bergelson

<p>The writings of David Bergelson<span style=background-color: rgba(232 234 235 1); color: rgba(62 61 60 1)>-</span>virtually unknown to readers in the United States<span style=background-color: rgba(232 234 235 1); color: rgba(62 61 60 1)>-</span>are now available in this exciting collection. Composed of two short stories and a novella this volume brings to life Bergelson's rich elegiac prose. Golda Werman's highly literate translation perfectly captures his elusive literary style.</p><p><br></p><p>Bergelson's writings evoke the declining world of small-town Eastern European Jews. His world captures the dreariness of the uncommitted life. His characters are cast adrift in a society whose traditions are coming unhinged by powerful modernist forces. In her Introduction Werman offers readers an engaging and tragic portrait of Bergelson who was arrested on orders from Stalin and died in a prison camp in 1952.</p>