The book “Bridge of Desire” is dedicated to the formation and development of the narrative genre in Jewish literature in the Yiddish language in the 18th-20th centuries. and the state of Yiddish culture in our time. The mystical revelations of Nachman of Bratslav, the bitter humor of Sholom Lleichem and Yitzhak-Leibush Peretz, the poetry of Itzik Manger and the virtuoso prose of Bashevis Singer find in Roskis not only a conscientious interpreter, but also an inspired historian of an entire layer of Jewish culture.