Opatoshu, Joseph

IN POYLISHE VELDER : ROMAN [INSCRIBED]

Nyu York : M. N. Mayzel, 1921. Item #35368

Original Cloth. 8vo. 357 pages. 20 cm. First edition. In Yiddish. 'In Polish Woods: A Novel '. First appearance and inscribed by Opatoshu to S. Yanovsky [Saul Yanovsky, Yiddish Anarchist]. "In his novel In Poylishe Velder (1921; In Polish Woods, 1938, the first volume of a trilogy) , Opatoshu described the decay of the Hasidic court of Kotzk during the post-Napoleonic generation and presented a rich panorama of Polish-Jewish interrelations up to the Revolt of 1863. Often reprinted, and translated into eight languages, it established Opatoshu 's fame internationally, though its sequel, 1863, made less of an impact; the last volume of the trilogy, Aleyn ( 'Alone ') was the first to be published (1919) . " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Hasidism - Fiction. OCLC lists 27 copies of the first edition. Pages 73-88 numbered inconsistently. Light soiling to cloth, institutional stamps on endpages, well-read; otherwise fresh. Good condition. (YID-22-14).

Price: $200.00