42. [Short Stories by Moishe Nadir] Nadir, Moishe [Yitzchak Rayz]

UNTER DER ZUN [BOOK ONE] [COMPLETE, NO MORE ISSUED] אונטער דער זון

New York: Frayhayt, 1926. Item #43107

First edition. Original printed boards with dramatic modernist lettering, 8vo, 252 pages. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Under the Sun.”
Book of short stories by Moishe Nadir. Although labeled as “Book One” there are no further installments. Published by the Communist Party-affiliated Frayhayt Farlag.Yitzchak Rayz (1885 – 1943), better known by his pen name Moyshe Nadir was an American Yiddish language writer and satirist.
“A strong influence on [Nadir] was exercised by Kolye Teper, who was a leader for ‘Di yunge’ (Young ones) group. He [NADIR] began writing in a new manner, which was manifest in his first book, Vilde royzn (Wild roses) of 1915, by then using his new name of Moyshe Nadir. These erotic miniatures—“boisterous, saucy, lonesome, audacious, courteously obscene”—made an impression, and several thousand copies of the book flew off the shelves.
At the time he was closely associated with the monthly brought out by “Di yunge”: Literatur un lebn (Literature and life), to which Teper, Zishe Landoy, and others contributed. In 1916 co-edited (with his friend Moyshe-Leyb Halpern) the anthology Fun mentsh tsu mentsh (From man to man). In 1918 he was (for about eight months) a close contributor and reporter for Idishe velt (Jewish world) in Philadelphia. His popularity grew quite strong, when he became a writer for Tog (Day) in New York, and there he published his lyrical-philosophical miniatures, “Fun mentsh tsu mentsh,” wherein his extraordinary talent for word play and linguistic revival ensued.” (Congress of Jewish Culture).
SUBJECT(S): Short stories, Yiddish. OCLC: 19311219
Light wear but otherwise excellent. Very Good+ Condition. A gorgeous 1st edition copy. (YID-46-31-GG+).

Price: $100.00