YEKL AND THE IMPORTED BRIDEGROOM
Yekl?(1896), the novel upon which the highly successful film?Hester Street?was based, was written by Abraham Cahan, editor of the prestigious?Jewish Daily Forward?for half a century. It is probably the first novel in English that had a New York East Side immigrant as its hero; reviewing it, Howells hailed Cahan as "a new star of realism."?The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories?came two years later.