In each of these monologues, a man or woman comes forward to tell the story to implied listeners - a rabbi, a doctor, or the author himself - who say nothing. The stories provide a portrayal of Eastern European Jewish society and contribute towards demystifying the shtetl.

שם הספר
The best of sholom aleichem
Tev'e - molochnik ; povesti i rasskazy
Le traine-savates et autres contes ferroviaires
La peste soit de l'amerique
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son (Penguin Classics)