Fantastic tales in verse from the Yiddish avant-garde by one of the great European symbolists. Der Nister’s Mayselekh in ferzn, published in Kyiv in 1919, presents an enchanted world populated by animals and creatures (demons, hobgoblins, golems etc.) from East European and Jewish folklore and fairy-tale. Humorous, bizarre, sometimes grotesque, always profound and brimming with mystery, Der Nister’s tales are a masterpiece of Yiddish modernism for adults and children alike.