{"product_id":"desires-by-celia-dropkin","title":"Desires by Celia Dropkin","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Anita Norich \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f4d140;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesires\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the only novel by Celia (Tsilye) Dropkin (1887–1956), was originally serialized between March 31 and June 6, 1934, in the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJewish Daily Forward\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eForverts\u003c\/em\u003e. Dropkin, a poet known for sexual and erotic themes, was born in Babruysk, a city in what is now Belarus, and immigrated to New York in 1912, where she adopted Yiddish as her primary literary language. In the 1930s she turned to prose, publishing this novel and ten short stories that appeared in the journal \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTsukunft\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFuture\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDesires\u003c\/em\u003e, as in much of her work, Dropkin reflects on the internal and external conflicts of love, domesticity, and the erotic life. Through characters carefully drawn from her own immigrant milieu, Dropkin addresses the yearnings of both the body and mind, the tension between excitement and security, and the conflicting impulses that are part of the human condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardcover 273 pages, 1.2 pounds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback 273 pages, 14 ounces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/1057\/files\/WGPLogo_d2c34063-81c5-4027-a3bd-bb9fce096125.webp?v=1710956305\u0026amp;width=700\" width=\"49\" height=\"78\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WGP","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43220476166206,"sku":"csr1787285480670","price":18.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43220476198974,"sku":"qzy1787285480671","price":11.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":43220476231742,"sku":"waz1787285480672","price":4.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/0075\/8846\/files\/desires-by-celia-dropkin_1.jpg?v=1787285486","url":"https:\/\/urbanglamboutique.shop\/products\/desires-by-celia-dropkin","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}