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Descent, a novella published in 1920, is set against the background of Jewish life in Russia and Ukraine during the turbulent period leading up to the October Revolution of 1917, a period characterized by the rise of secularism, the rejection of old traditions, the alienation of intellectuals, and the attempt of different generations to find a place for themselves inside and out of the shtetl.

The novella centers on the mystery of the suicide of a young pharmacist in Rakitne, a provincial town. Did his death have anything to do with the two women who loved him? Was it the...

Opgang, a novella published in 1920, is set against the background of Jewish life in Russia and Ukraine during the turbulent period leading up to the October Revolution of 1917, a period characterized by the rise of secularism, the rejection of old traditions, the alienation of intellectuals, and the attempt of different generations to find a place for themselves inside and out of the shtetl.

The novella centers on the mystery of the suicide of a young pharmacist in Rakitne, a provincial town. Did his death have anything to do with the two women who loved him? Was it the...

Dovid Bergelson, 1882 in Ochrimowo in der heutigen Ukraine geboren, prägte über vier Jahrzehnte die moderne jiddische Literatur. Ob in Kiew, Berlin, New York oder Moskau - Bergelsons literarische Stimme wurde gehört. Er gilt als Erneuerer der jiddischen Prosa zwischen Moderne und Sozialistischem Realismus, bis mit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und der versuchten Judenvernichtung Bergelsons Schreiben schließlich eine neue, existenzielle Dimension erreichte. Am 12. August 1952 wurde Dovid Bergelson in der sogenannten »Nacht der ermordeten Dichter« in Moskau hingerichtet.

Der vorliegende...