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Sunday March 13, 2011
1:00PM - 3:30PM
Author Peter Manseau on his book "The Butcher's Daughter"
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The featured speaker for the Helene Spring Library Event is Peter Manseau, author of "Songs for the Butcher's Daughter", winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award.
The novel is a tale of a young Catholic whose love of language leads to a job as custodian of a library of Yiddish texts. He becomes translator of the story of the self-proclaimed "greatest Yiddish poet in America." The poet's story, from Eastern Europe's pogroms, to the Lower East Side, coupled with the translator's story, provides us with a window into a world and culture that has nearly disappeared and is a tribute to Yiddish language and culture.
Dessert reception and book-signing follow.
The novel is a tale of a young Catholic whose love of language leads to a job as custodian of a library of Yiddish texts. He becomes translator of the story of the self-proclaimed "greatest Yiddish poet in America." The poet's story, from Eastern Europe's pogroms, to the Lower East Side, coupled with the translator's story, provides us with a window into a world and culture that has nearly disappeared and is a tribute to Yiddish language and culture.
Dessert reception and book-signing follow.
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
East End Temple
Address:
245 East 17th St
City:
New York
Zip/Postal:
10003
Contact Name:
Sharon Shemesh
Phone:
(212) 477-6444
Email:
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