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The Nag

novel by Abramovitsh

Also known as: “Di klyatshe”

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Yiddish literature

In Yiddish literature: The classic writers
…broadens in Di klyatshe (1873; The Nag), an allegorical novel that compares the Jewish condition in Russia to the lot of a broken-down nag. The mare, unwilling to fight against her tormentors, represents passive Jews who show little interest in efforts at reform. Other elements of the allegory indict the…
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