Reviews for The Penguin book of modern Yiddish verse

The average rating for The Penguin book of modern Yiddish verse based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-05-01 00:00:00 Roy Harden Herein, I found such powerful poems as Itsik Manger's The “Lovers of Israel” at the Belzhets Death Camp; Jacob Glatstein's Mozart; Leyb Kvitko's Russian Death; and Abraham Sutzkever's 1980.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-09-09 00:00:00 Adam Mcintyre Truly the best poem ever. 35 years ago when my kids were small, I read them a version published by the Parents' Magazine Press. I am pretty sure it was written and illustrated by Edward Lear, but I could be wrong about the illustrations. (Lear was originally a landscape painter before he wrote children's poems. I think he was somewhat like Beatrix Potter in that he started writing nonsense to please young relations; his large Victorian family had been split up when his parents died.) "The themes in this (rhyming) story of a young Pelican engaged to marry a Crane, with whom she will fly away to never again see her family is so poignant, and yet the words are so satisfying: King and Queen of the Pelicans,We No Other birds so grand we see None like we have feet like fins And lovely leathery throats and chins" I ask you , who could resist that? ***UPDATE*** I found the edition I read: It is illustrated by HAROLD BERSON, published by Parents Magazine Press in 1967. If you can ever find a copy of this edition, the pictures are wonderful. Subtle yet funny. Elegant yet true to ornithology.