Yentl the Yeshiva boy / Isaac Bashevis Singer ; woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi ; [translated from the Yiddish by Marion Magid and Elizabeth Pollet].

Originally published in Yiddish as Yenṭl der yeshive-boḥer in the newspaper Goldene keyt in 1963 and English as a story in Short Friday. At the death of her father, Yentl cuts her hair, dresses as a young man, and sets out to study at a yeshiva.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Yenṭl der Yeshive-boḥer. English
Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991 = בשביס־זינגר, יצחק(Author)
Corporate Authors: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (Publisher)
Rembrandt Press (Printer)
A. Horowitz & Sons (Binder)
A. Colish, Inc (Compositor)
Other Authors: Magid, Marion (Translator)
Pollet, Elizabeth (Translator)
Frasconi, Antonio (Illustrator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Yiddish
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Jews > Juvenile fiction.
Jewish women > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Religious aspects.
Gender identity > Juvenile fiction.
Passing (Identity) > Juvenile fiction.
Disguise > Juvenile fiction.
Yeshivas > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Juvenile fiction.
Talmud Torah (Judaism) > Juvenile fiction.
Ethics > Juvenile fiction.
Love.
Jews > Fiction.
Jewish women > Education > Fiction.
Talmud Torah (Judaism) > Fiction.
Disguise > Fiction.
Passing (Identity) > Fiction.
Yeshivas > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Disguise.
Ethics.
Friendship.
Gender identity.
Jewish women.
Jews.
Man-woman relationships.
Passing (Identity)
Talmud Torah (Judaism)
Yeshivas.
Jewish fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Emerson Monotype.
Authors' autographs (Provenance) > United States > 1983.
Limitation statements (Publishing) > United States > 1983.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Jewish fiction.
Juvenile works.
Typefaces (Type evidence)
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Limitation statements (Publishing)
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 2 in slipcase, signed by author and illustrator, copy number 29.
Binding Information:
Text block is case bound in beige cloth-covered boards. Issued in brown cloth-covered slipcase.
Physical Description:58 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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