Almost before he knows it, Herman Broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha , his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Editorial Reviews Review "One is forever suspended between laughter and tears by this rich and marvelous novel." -Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, Yiddish (translation)