Best Selling Books by sholem asch

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.

Panoramic novel of the Exodus, the journey of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses, the epic hero of the story.

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.

Sholem Asch''s Underworld Trilogy includes three separate plays by Asch all set in the underworld, the world of the criminals in god of vengeance and Motke Thief and the literal underworld in The Dead Man. All three classic Yiddish dramas had successful and influential debuts on the Yiddish stage. The most famous of the three, god of vengeance, is known worldwide. Motke Thief, a psychological portrait of a gangster is an almost sequel to gov andthe anti-war drama The Dead Man, influenced Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht.