Tsuzamenbroch | Emil Kalin

Breakdown | Emil Kalin

Prose / Novella / Yiddish / H. Leyvik Publishing House, Tel Aviv and Yiddish-Branzesha Publishing House, New York / 2024 / 192 pages 

Emil Kalin's novella "Breakdown" is the first major Yiddish work about life in Israel in recent decades. The main character, Hersh Greenberg, is the author's contemporary and a similar age. The story is told in the first person and the hero dreams of becoming a writer. Up-to-date and relevant for a young and curious readership.