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Tevye the Milkman
- Author
- Sholem Aleichem
- Narrator
- Neville Jason
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2009
- Run Time
- 5 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
What to expect
Critics Review
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Once the American listener gets used to a shtetl dweller with an English accent, Neville Jason makes a fairly decent Tevye, the hapless milk and cheese purveyor of pre-Revolutionary Russia who is “cursed” with a house full of beautiful and strong-willed daughters. He himself tells us the funny/tragic stories of his daughter’s various marriages in an already dangerous (for Jews) world being violently yanked into a new century. His tales helped make his creator, Sholem Aleichem, a beloved writer and inspired the hit musical Fiddler on the Roof. While one could wish that Jason had a wider resource of expression and a better appreciation of Aleichem’s excruciating irony, he does very well with the charm, humor, and, especially, the heartbreak of the character he portrays.
Y.R., AudioFile
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Details
- Author
- Sholem Aleichem
- Narrator
- Neville Jason
- Duration
- 5 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2009
- ISBN
- 9789629548285
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
Tevye the Milkman, a uniquely charming Jewish novel from Tsarist rural Russia, provided the principal character for Fiddler on the Roof. Here we have the full story, with all its Jewish humour, wisdom and despair. The central character, Tevye the Milkman, goes around the community in the Russian countryside delivering milk and cheese, but also dispensing wisdom from the Talmud laced with his commonsense view of life. Funny, enriching but also moving, this remarkable little Jewish classic will charm all who hear it, especially in the reading by veteran audiobook performer Neville Jason.
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