{"product_id":"the-book-of-paradise-by-itzik-manger","title":"The Book of Paradise by Itzik Manger","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains—a delightful new translation perfect for fans of Michael Chabon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWitty, playful and slyly profound, this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003estory of a young angel expelled from Paradise is the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers, which was written just before the outbreak of World War II.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs a result of a crafty trick, the expelled angel retains the memory of his previous life when he’s born as a Yiddish-fluent baby mortal on Earth. The humans around him plead for details of that other realm, but the Paradise of his mischievous stories is far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the very same divisions and temptations that shape the human world.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished here in a lively new translation by Robert Adler Peckerar, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Book of Paradise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a comic masterpiece from poet-satirist Itzik Manger that irreverently blurs the boundaries between ancient and modern and sacred and profane, where the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshtetl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is heaven, and heaven is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshtetl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268810010920,"sku":"qhm1787285381133","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/the-book-of-paradise-by-itzik-manger_1.jpg?v=1787285386","url":"https:\/\/www.kavolentra.com\/products\/the-book-of-paradise-by-itzik-manger","provider":"Kavolentra Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}