English translation Copyright © 2016 by Helen Mintz

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ISBN: 978-0-8156-3426-3 (cloth)	978-0-8156-1060-1 (paperback)
	978-0-8156-5352-3 (e-book)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Karpinowitz, Abraham. | Mintz, Helen, translator.

Title: Vilna my Vilna : stories / by Abraham Karpinowitz ; translated from the Yiddish by Helen Mintz ; foreword by Justin Cammy.

Description: First edition. | Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015. | Series: Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015037080| ISBN 9780815634263 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815610601 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780815653523 (e-book)

Classification: LCC PJ5129.K315 A2 2015 | DDC 839/.134—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015037080

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