Overview

Adapted and translated by Tony Kushner and Joachim Neugroschel Considered by many to be the greatest Yiddish drama, A Dybbuk recounts the tale of a wealthy man’s daughter possessed by the spirit of her dead beloved. This volume features Tony Kushner’s remarkable, imaginative adaptation and an afterword by Harold Bloom. Also included is a selection of stories, fairy tales and parables translated into English for the first time by Joachim Neugroschel, illuminating many aspects of the Jewish mystical world, including possessions, transmigration parables and miracles.