The book "Bridge ofDesire"is devoted to theformation and development ofthe narrativegenreof Jewishliteraturein Yiddishin theXVIII-XXcenturies, andofYiddish culturein our time.
David G.Roskiscomes to theparadoxical conclusion: theeffort topreserve andrevive thetradition of folknarratives, Jewishwritershave createda copy ofwhich isin many respectssuperior tothe original.