Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales by Howard Schwartz (Associate Professor of English, Associate Professor of English, University of Missouri, St Louis)

In this magical collection, Howard Schwartz has gathered together and retold thirty-six Jewish fairy tales that are at once otherworldly and earthy, pious and playful. Drawn from sources as diverse as Morocco and India, Spain and Eastern Europe, Babylon and Egypt, the stories are characterized by their infusion of traditional Jewish characters with the archetypal forms found in all fairy tales, or by their treatment of Jewish religious themes. The book combines the playfulness of fairy tales that will be loved by children with the author's depth of knowledge of the historical origins of the tales. Throughout one can find the quests and riddles of the traditional fairy tale along with the divine intervention that characterizes the Jewish fairy tale.

About the Author
Howard Schwartz is Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri, St Louis.

Reviews
'as poignant and silly as anyone else's fairy tales' The Guardian
Schwartz supplies a concise introduction and retells the stories in a plain and simple prose which serves them well. An exotic and varied collection, intriguingly illustrated by Linda Heller. * Sunday Times *
good stories deserve retelling, and Schwartz retells them beautifully * Jewish Chronicle *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195092004
Author Howard Schwartz
Format Paperback
Page Count 324
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 431g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 141mm * 24mm