Miriam Karpilove's debut, an epistolary novel published when she was twenty-three, follows the tumultuous relationship between a small-town Jewish girl uprooted due to antisemitic violence and the dashing revolutionary who routinely disappoints her.
Translated from the Yiddish by Jessica Kirzane.
Translated from the Yiddish by Jessica Kirzane.
"Karpilove's sly, artful narrative is well-served by Jessica Kirzane's lovely and confident translation."
- Ellen Cassedy, translator of On the Landing: Stories by Yenta Mash
