Best Selling Books by Sholem Asch

Set in the impoverished and bustling Lower East Side of Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century, The God of Vengeance is a memorable urban drama of intrigue and romantic liaisons. The God of Vengeance is a gritty, unflinching yet deftly written play. A brothel owner lives with his family above his place of business, and strives to keep his young daughter innocent of what goes on in the establishment that provides their livelihood. However, the girl''s curiosity gets the better of her; upon witnessing the sordid goings on, she rapidly develops a fascination for one of the working girls. First published in 1906, and sporadically staged in the decades to follow, the play is unique for featuring a lesbian love affair ? a matter shocking and taboo for its era. After one performance in English in 1923, the entire cast was placed under arrest for indecency. Critics of the time were divided; many noted its artistic qualities, but roundly condemned its frank and unabashed depiction of female homosexuality.

Novel of man in conflict with his conscience.

The second Isaiah, or Deutero-Isaiah who supposedly lived during the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Persian in the fifth century B.C.

Translated from the Yiddish Mottke Ganef, this is a realistic novel about a Jewish village in Poland and the underworld of Warsaw in the early 20th century.

Erzählungen is a collection of short stories by the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, one of the most important figures of the Jewish literary world in the early twentieth century. His stories explore the experiences and struggles of Jewish life, and are a poignant reminder of the human cost of prejudice and hatred. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This Yiddish novel by Sholem Asch tells the story of Onel Mozes, a young Jewish man who becomes embroiled in a web of political intrigue and personal conflict in the days leading up to World War I. With a haunting exploration of the complexities of Jewish identity and a powerful indictment of the violence of war, this book is a tour de force of Yiddish literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.