Description
An honest, pious dairyman named Tevye tries to hold his family together while making ends meet in a world where faith, tradition, and hard luck collide. Across a series of warmly comic and deeply human episodes, Tevye’s hopes rise and fall as his daughters come of age—each marriage and decision testing his pride, his patience, and his understanding of what “enough” truly means. With a genial, story-driven voice, these tales explore the costs of survival, the tenderness of family bonds, and the moral complexity of doing right when circumstances refuse to cooperate. Sholem Aleichem’s classic blend of humor and pathos turns everyday struggles into a portrait of resilience, love, and community life.
Available Editions
paperback
Schocken
Published Nov 7, 1988
352 pages
ISBN: 9780805209051
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Details
First Published
1988
Language
eng
Translation
From: heb
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem.