Writing in Tongues

Anita Norich is professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan.

• Preface Acknowledgments1. Translation Theory and Practice: The Yiddish Difference 2. How Tevye Learned to Fiddle 3. Remembering Jews: Translating Yiddish after the Holocaust 4. Returning to and from the Ghetto: Yankev Glatshteyn 5. Concluding Lines and Conclusions Appendix A / Anna Margolin’s “Maris tfile” in Yiddish and Translations Appendix B / Twelve Translations of Yankev Glatshteyn’s “A gute nakht, velt” Notes Bibliography Index

"An excellent book . . . at no point is the discussion overly technical. First presented as part of the prestigious Stroum Lectures at the University of Washington, the chapter-lectures that make up Writing in Tongues are aimed at a general-but-educated audience. Norich writes clearly and simplifies abstruse ideas."