Bidspirit auction | (PARODY). Sharkanski, Avrom-Mechel. Di Niye

(PARODY). Sharkanski, Avrom-Mechel. Di Niye Amerikanische Hagodah. First edition. Yiddish text. New York, Yehudah Katzenellenbogen, 1899. pp. 32, (14 ads). Ex-library, browned, neat repairs. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo. “In the loosely connected skits, called by him The American Hagadah, the author succeeded, perhaps unconsciously, in catching the spirit of restlessness which hovered over the turbulent existence of the Jews in New York City” (Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, p. 109). As an example of the new immigrant’s disillusionment with the American experience, Davidson (p. 98) cites Sharkansky’s parody of Psalm 116: “He’emanti ki Adaber…I thought if I would speak English, I would find my salvation. But the fact is, Kol Ha’Adam Kozev; it is a world of bluff and swindle (p. 16).” For author (1869-1907) bio, see: https://congressforjewishculture.org/lexicon/t/409 .