The Podolian Nights,' a title inspired by the 'Thousand and One Nights,' is an interesting collection of distinct tales that were narrated as religious morality stories in gatherings by a deeply religious man who just lost his son. Each of the tales reflects all these elements, and the result is a bunch of complex accounts of deeply cryptic style and structure that offer their readers the possibility for numerous interpretations at different levels.

NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV (1772-1810) came from a prominent Hassidic family and lived in Ukraine. In 1802, he met Nathan Sternhartz, who began recording all of Nachman's lessons and who would go on to transcribe the stories in this collection. In 1815 this book was first published in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Jordan Finkin, Adam Kirsch, Robert Adler Peckarar have taken the Yiddish texts and poured them into delightfully easy to read English.
The stories are reminiscent of a mix between fairy tales and allegories. Considering a devout Hassidic man wrote these, they are pretty wild Owing to the time they were written in, every protagonist and person of importance is a man.
It’s a true delight that English speaking readers can delve into 200 year old stories. Some short, some longer all pack a punch. I would recommend this for readers who love well rounded, weird short stories.