At Heaven’s Gate

Asher Barash

1925

When “Papa” Gonta bore down on Tetayev at the head of his Cossack army in the summer of 1768, the little town had a strange look about it: the houses large and small stood desolate, their shutters drawn, no smoke wreathing up from their chimneys to the clear skies. Only from one low-roofed house that stood awry could voices—hoarse, drunken voices…

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Asher Barash

1889–1952

The Hebrew writer Asher Barash was born in Lopatin, Galicia, and received both a secular and a religious education. He began writing at an early age and published poetry, stories, and plays in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and Polish. In 1914, he moved to Ottoman Palestine, where he taught Hebrew language and literature, first in Tel Aviv and then, after World War I, in Haifa. While much of his fiction drew on memories of his childhood in Galicia, his later writing portrayed the struggles of the pioneering generation in the Land of Israel. Although best known for his short stories, he also wrote essays on literature and culture and children’s literature.

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