A.
Y. SAPIR
He came from Minsk. He was the author of Khates hakool, oder di sheyne drezele (Sins of the community, or
the beautiful girlfriend), “a magnificent, extremely moving novel, in two parts”
(Vilna: Rozenkrants un Shriftzetser, 1881), 103 pp. and 133 pp., with a preface
and a poem in Hebrew; republished several times thereafter, such as in 1888 and
1910. This bit of Enlightenment
sermonizing against the community tax or for reforming the Talmud Torah was
drowned in curiosity and awkwardness. Of
Sapir’s other novels is known: Der
kleyner katerznik oder der flasher yoysher (The little convict or false
justice), “a splendid and extraordinary novel” (Vilna: Avrom-Tsvi Shvintsyaner,
1888, 1895), 48 pp.
Source:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 2.
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