About the Author

Esther Kreitman (1891-1954), born Bilgoray in Poland, lived most of her adult in London. See Blitz and other stories (David Paul 2004). She published one other novel Brilyantyn (Diamonds) in Poland in 1944. Diamonds will be published in 2005 by David Paul in a first-ever English translation. Ilan Stavans edited the 3-volume Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories in 2004 under the aegis of the Library of America and edited The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories in 1998.

Reviews

"This is a classic of feminist literature available to a new generation. Recommended for all libraries" US Library Journal; "The welcome republication of this novel make available to a new generation of readers this powerful testimony to Jewish life in Poland on the eve of the first World War" Ruth Wisse, author of The Modern Jewish Canon, A Journey Through Language and Culture"