My Tiny, Ugly World

Yitsḥak Twersky

1910

Never have I been content with my narrow, dark, gloomy world, and always am I aware of the contrast between the great, beautiful world and my tiny, ugly world. And always I say, “The place is too crowded for me.1 Could your words astonish me, of all people!? [Twersky is referring to the writer Yankev Dinezon (ca. 1851–1919), to whom he wrote this…

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