By Sholem Aleichem
A translation of 2 comedian novels through the Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916). "The Letters of Menakhem-Mendl and Sheyne-Sheyndl" portrays a tumultuous marriage via letters exchanged among the name personality, an itinerant bumbler looking his fortune within the towns of Russia ahead of departing on my own for the hot international, and his scolding spouse who turns into more and more frightened, jealous and mystified. "Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son" is the first-person narrative of a mischievous and keenly observant boy who emigrates together with his relations from Russia to the USA. the ultimate 3rd of the tale happens in manhattan, making this Sholem Aleichem's basically significant paintings to be set within the usa. Motl and Menakhem-Mendl are in a single feel opposites - the single a clear-eyed baby and the opposite a pathetically deluded grownup. but either are perfect conveyors of the comedian disparity of notion on which humour relies. If Motl sees greater than do others round him, Menakhem-Mendl has a nearly limitless ability for seeing much less. Sholem Aleichem endows every one personality with anyone comedian voice to inform in his personal approach the tale of the cave in of conventional Jewish existence in sleek commercial society as we
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Here I am, up to my ears with his lordship’s children, with the doctors, with haunts and hobgoblins in my own home, and Mr. Goldfingers couldn’t care less. He’s off to Odessa, to Yehupetz, to Boiberik! How is that? He’s made a great discovery: stockings & bands! Transports! Portfolderols! He only has to shut and open his eyes and he’s a millionaire! The worst illness, says my mother, is gullibillness. You’re a fool to think your big words impress me. Shares, shmares! I’d rather own a rotten egg.
Zilch! What, then, is a man to do? He goes to a pawnshop, where he can get all the money he wants as long as he has something to hock. It can be gold, silver, bronze, clothing, a samovar, a stool, even a cow—anything that’s worth cash. The problem is that it’s valued very low, at half its real worth. And the pawnbroker makes up for it by charging such high interest that you’re left with nothing. Every two weeks the unredeemed 16 menakhem-mendl and sheyne-sheyndl YD7243. 001-018 4/8/02 7:34 AM Page 17 items are auctioned off at bargain prices and he makes a nice pile.
Everything will be “tip-top,” as they say in Odessa. And because I’m in a hurry, I’ll be brief. God willing, I’ll write more in my next letter. Meanwhile, may He grant you health and success. Give my greetings to the children and my fondest wishes to everyone. S. We’re all burning up from the heat. At night we go around like melting wax. The streets are deserted. All Odessa goes to the public fountains or the seashore. You can find anything you want there. You can even bathe in the sea or listen to free music—it doesn’t cost a blessed kopeck.