Broderzon, Moyshe/Eliezer [El] Lissitzky: Idle Chatter. One of the Stories

Edited by Dariusz Dekiert, Irmina Gadowska & Krystyna Radziszewska. Translation of the poetry Vivian Felsen, translation of texts Maciej Zakrzewski. - Contents: Moyshe Broderzon, Elizier Lissitzky: Idle Chatter. One of these Stories (colour facsimile with english translation). - A Note from the Translator. - Piotr Rypson: "Siches chulin", Moscow 1917. - Dariusz Dekiert: Moyshe Broderzon's "Siches chulin", or on the trail of the aerial man. - Krystyna Radziszewska: El Lissitzky (1890-1941). - Bibliography. - "Idle Chatter. One of the Stories" is a publication devoted to the Lódz Yiddish avant-garde. It is a translation of Moyshe Broderzon's poetic text "Siches chulin. Aine fun di geshichten", published in Moscow in 1917 by Chawar Publishing House. This adaptation of the folk tale Maase shel Jerushalmi [The Tale of the Jerusalemite] was published with illustrations by Eliezer (El) Lissitzky, whom Broderzon met during his stay in Moscow in the years 1914‒1918. In addition to friendship, both authors were united by a fascination with Jewish tradition and folklore, as well as an awareness of the significance of the Yiddish language for shaping national identity in the diaspora. The design of the first, limited edition of Siches chulin with its unusual form - a scroll with text and hand-colored lithographs enclosed in a wooden box - clearly referred to the old, illuminated scrolls of the Book of Esther, and the illustrations themselves corresponded stylistically with the works of Jewish folk art. [108] Seiten mit 6 Textabb. und 19 Farbtafeln, Querformat, gebunden (Harrassowitz Verlag 2025) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear