That is how it is

That Is How It Is - another impressive translation by Harvey Fink - offers more than fifty short pieces by Moishe Nadir, almost entirely about America - "a land where people do not go for strolls, where no one drinks wine." He wrote for the New York Yiddish press, in daily newspapers and popular humour magazines. Nadir's stories will enter your consciousness with a gentle knock, seduce you with their eloquence and wry observations, and challenge...