When Paupers Dance Szloma Renglich
Translated from the Yiddish by Zigmund Jampel
Autobiographical Novel/Translation
Winner, 1989 Toronto Jewish Fiction Prize
When Paupers Dance is set in the poorest Jewish ghettos of Lublin and Warsaw from 1912 to 1928. It is the story of lives scarred by desperate poverty but which are abundantly rich in the wisdom of survival, as well as in love, courage and humour.
"Without doubt, When Paupers Dance has the quality of a minor classic—it will win readers in successive generations." —Canadian Ethnic Studies
ISBN: 978-0-919890-79-4