Writing in Tongues

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Writing in Tongues is written by Anita Norich and published by University of Washington Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0295804955 (ISBN 10) and 9780295804958 (ISBN 13).

Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity.