Manuscript – Poems and Stories, Parody Based on the Passover Haggadah and More – Druskininkai, Early 20th Century

Manuscript notebook by Avraham Kagan. [Druskininkai (today in Lithuania)], 1902-1908. Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian.

The manuscript includes poems, short stories and other texts in Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian, dated and signed in Cyrillic characters – "A. Kagan" or "Abram Mendelev Kagan".
Among the works: • "To the Hebrew Language". • Parody on the Passover Haggadah – "Haggadah said by those in a sad plight on a cold winter night" (Hebrew), with the "A.B.K.D [Avraham Bezalel Kagan Druskininkai] commentary". • Cycle of prose and poetry – "The Story of Flour", "The Story of the Apple", "The Story of the Cherry", "The Story of the Table", "The Story of the Bird Escaping the Cage", "The Story of the Broken Silver Timepiece", "The Story of the Potato", "The Story of Honey [The Flowers]". • Additional poems and short stories of a judgmental and often sentimental character, dealing with the town of Druskininkai, texts for the Jewish Festivals, and more.
To the best of our knowledge, this manuscript remains unpublished.

189 written pp. (paginated by hand; mispagination), 21.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and ink stains. Tears and minor creases to margins (slightly affecting text on several leaves). Worn cover. New binding.