{"product_id":"the-book-of-paradise-9781782279259","title":"The Book of Paradise","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWitty, playful and slyly profound, this\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished here in a lively new translation by Robert Adler Peckerar, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Paradise\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eshtetl\u003c\/i\u003e is heaven, and heaven is the \u003ci\u003eshtetl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782279259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Itzik Manger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059892584629,"sku":"9781782279259","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3fec4e22-3315-4620-9290-d3e1637e8851.jpg?v=1690300362","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-paradise-9781782279259","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}