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  • Zix Zexy Ztories

    by Curt Leviant ...
    A humorous collection of love stories from an award-winning author who has been called "a compassionate and witty satirist" ( Kirkus Reviews).From Holocaust survivors to Yiddish artists, a petty thief and a Polish shiksa with a passion for Jewish history, what unites the delectable characters in Curt Leviant's witty collection of romantic tales is the universal desire for love and admiration. With ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Adventures With, and Without, the Knight of the Mournful Countenance, His Grace, Don Quixote, as told by Sancho Panza, Ex-Squire

    edited and adapted by Curt Leviant

    by Curt Leviant ...
    Award-winning author Curt Leviant delivers a joyful reimagining of the classic tale of Don Quixote through the eyes of his long-overlooked sidekick, Sancho PanzaIn a dusty old second-hand bookshop in a side street in Sevilla, an unnamed narrator discovers a 1751 edition of Don Quixote—one that is narrated, most unusually, by Sancho Panza. With Curt Leviant’s signature whimsy, this audaciously ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Diary of an Adulterous Woman

    A Novel

    by Curt Leviant ...
    "A comedy of errors [and] bedroom farce" from an award-winning author critically acclaimed for his satiric stories of love and Jewish experience ( Kirkus Reviews).Reunited at their Jewish day school reunion, Guido and Charlie find themselves attracted to the same woman, a beautiful cellist named Aviva. Guido, a photographer, makes his move by going to Aviva for music lessons and soon enough, they ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Yemenite Girl

    A Novel

    by Curt Leviant ...
    This award-winning novel is "a delightful, inventive tale" about the pursuit of love and literary fame from "a compassionate and witty satirist" ( Kirkus Reviews).It's the opportunity of a lifetime for middle-aged Ezra Shultish—a chance to the meet his literary hero, Nobel Laureate Bar Nun, a writer Ezra has worshipped for most of his career as a teacher and translator. Hoping to get a recording ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moshkeleh the Thief

    A Rediscovered Novel

    by Sholom Aleichem ...
    Translated by Curt Leviant ...
    This first English translation of Sholom Aleichem’s rediscovered novel, Moshkeleh the Thief, has a riveting plot, an unusual love story, and a keenly observed portrayal of an underclass Jew replete with characters never before been seen in Yiddish literature.The eponymous hero, Moshkeleh, is a robust chap and horse thief. When Tsireleh, daughter of a tavern keeper, flees to a monastery with the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Agunah

    A Novel

    by Chaim Grade ...
    Translated by Curt Leviant ...
    A deeply affecting parable of law, mercy, and communal judgment centered on one woman's fate in interwar Vilna—from the acclaimed author of Sons and Daughters, hailed by the New York Times as one of the ten best works of historical fiction of 2025“I am an agunah, rabbi, an agunah. For more than fifteen years I’ve waited for my husband to come back from the war. But he has not come and I cannot ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Yeshiva

    A Novel

    by Chaim Grade ...
    Translated by Curt Leviant ...
    A monumental novel of faith and doubt—long regarded as Chaim Grade’s crowning achievement, this treasure of Yiddish literature stands as one of the great moral novels of the twentieth century, in the lineage of The Brothers Karamazov and The Magic Mountain.Set in Lithuania between the world wars, The Yeshiva tells the story of Tsemakh Atlas, a brilliant and tormented Talmudist whose pursuit of ... Read more

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  • My First Love Affair and Other Stories

    by Sholom Aleichem, Curt Leviant ...
    A prolific, dedicated, and compassionate humorist, Sholom Aleichem (1859-1916) created literary gems that have not only become an important part of Jewish cultural life, they have captured the hearts of readers around the world, even serving as an inspiration for a classic of musical theater — Fiddler on the Roof. Timeless tributes to the Jews of Eastern Europe, his stories of the shtetl combine ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Kafka's Son

    by Curt Leviant ...
    Set in New York City and Prague in 1992, Kafka’s Son follows a first-person narrator who is a documentary filmmaker. In a New York synagogue, he meets an elderly Czech Jew named Jiri, once the head of the famous Jewish Museum in Prague, with whom he discovers a shared love of Kafka. Inspired by this friendship, the narrator travels to Prague to make a film about Jewish life in the city and its ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Woman Who Looked Like Sophia L.

    An Epistolary Email Romanza

    by Curt Leviant ...
    With the lyrical joy and lighthearted wordplay that have won him critical acclaim, celebrated Jewish author Curt Leviant delivers a charming literary love story against the backdrop of the lush Italian countrysideSuccessful author Giorgio is vacationing in Parma when he meets Sofia, a beautiful woman who bears a striking resemblance to the famous Italian actress Sophia Loren. Giorgio is ecstatic ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Happy New Year! and Other Stories

    by Sholom Aleichem ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories
    One of the most beloved and prolific writers of Yiddish literature, Sholom Aleichem (1859–1916) produced a wealth of wonderful stories that combine traditional Jewish oral humor with Western literary tradition. For years a living legend, he wrote enduring gems of fiction, eleven of which are included in this entertaining collection.The master storyteller brilliantly recaptures the joy and ... Read more

    $3.50 USD

  • Katz or Cats

    or, How Jesus Became My Rival in Love

    by Curt Leviant ...
    Katz or Cats, or How Jesus Became My Rival in Love follows John, a book editor who meets an enigmatic man named Katz on his daily commute into New York. True to form, Katz has a book to pitch—not his own, but his brother’s, an identical twin also named Katz. The novel begins with another meeting on another train: brother Katz chances on a woman named Maria, who carries a pocket Bible and is ... Read more

    $8.99 USD