{"product_id":"what-a-life-the-voice-of-pesachke-burstein-yiddish-matinee-idol-9780815607847","title":"What a Life!: The Voice of Pesach'ke Burstein, Yiddish Matinee Idol","description":"\u003cp\u003ePesach Bursrein, an old trouper from the Yiddish theater, recalls dramas both onstage and off in this memoir, which he dictated to his wife, Lillian Lux Burstein. The Story of Burstein's successful stage career is played out against the background of political turmoil in Europe, vignettes of life in small towns and big cities, friendships and rivalries among theater folk, family life, emigration to the United States, and tours through Europe, South America, Israel, and South Africa. Every personal anecdote tells the larger history: theater history and also the history of the Yiddish communities who were his audiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Burstein is a legend in Yiddish cheater, he was little known outside that world until he was celebrated in Arnon Goldfinger's acclaimed documentary \u003ci\u003eDer Komedia11t.\u003c\/i\u003e This memoir provides the first window for English readers into the other side of Yiddish culture--the Yiddish burlesque, the traveling Yiddish theater, and the music hall. It will not only delight readers but also reveal a social and cultural history never before described in such detail. Burstein's life is the story of popular Yiddish theater in the first half of the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian Burstein, Pesach'ke Burstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.40w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815607847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePesach \"Peishachke\" Burstein was a Polish-born American comedian, singer, coupletist, and director of Yiddish vaudeville\/theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40183719460979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_664c13e4-de20-4afe-963e-80646f4507f5.jpg?v=1655558876","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-a-life-the-voice-of-pesachke-burstein-yiddish-matinee-idol-9780815607847","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}