In my Father's Court: A Memoir (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover
This memoir consists of actual incidents that Singer remembers from his childhood in Warsaw, where his father was a rabbi in a poor quarter of the city. Through their rooms at 10 Krochmalna Street (the father's rabbinical court) passed a variety of types who came to see the elder Singer for rulings on points of Jewish law and for personal advice and comfort. From his earliest boyhood days, the narrator heard things in his father's house that astonished, amused, perplexed and impressed him. These are things he never forgot and they are the fabric of this book. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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"The sort of book . . . only a writer at the height of his powers, firmly in command of his created world, his mind charged with vivid memories, can somehow shake effortlessly out of his sleeve . . . [The writing is] often close to the Biblical directness of feeling that Tolstoy prescribed for the 'universal art of the future.'"--Raymond Rosenthal, "The New Leader"
"A world that no longer exists reaches us thorugh one of the greatest literary artists of our time."--Albert H. Friedlander, " Saturday Review"
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"A world that no longer exists reaches us thorugh one of the greatest literary artists of our time."--Albert H. Friedlander, " Saturday Review"
"The sort of book . . . only a writer at the height of his powers, firmly in command of his created world, his mind charged with vivid memories, can somehow shake effortlessly out of his sleeve . . . [The writing is] often close to the Biblical directness of feeling that Tolstoy prescribed for the 'universal art of the future.'" --"Raymond Rosenthal, The New Leader"
"A world that no longer exists reaches us thorugh one of the greatest literary artists of our time." --"Albert H. Friedlander, Saturday Review"
The sort of book . . . only a writer at the height of his powers, firmly in command of his created world, his mind charged with vivid memories, can somehow shake effortlessly out of his sleeve . . . [The writing is] often close to the Biblical directness of feeling that Tolstoy prescribed for the 'universal art of the future.' "Raymond Rosenthal, The New Leader"
A world that no longer exists reaches us thorugh one of the greatest literary artists of our time. "Albert H. Friedlander, Saturday Review""
"The sort of book . . . only a writer at the height of his powers, firmly in command of his created world, his mind charged with vivid memories, can somehow shake effortlessly out of his sleeve . . . [The writing is] often close to the Biblical directness of feeling that Tolstoy prescribed for the 'universal art of the future.'" --Raymond Rosenthal, The New Leader
"A world that no longer exists reaches us thorugh one of the greatest literary artists of our time." --Albert H. Friedlander, Saturday Review
'A world that no longer exists reaches us through one of the greatest literary artists of our time' Saturday Review
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0140186735
- ISBN 13 9780140186734
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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In my Father's Court: A Memoir (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.)
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. This memoir consists of actual incidents that Singer remembers from his childhood in Warsaw, where his father was a rabbi in a poor quarter of the city. Through their rooms at 10 Krochmalna Street (the father's rabbinical court) passed a variety of types who came to see the elder Singer for rulings on points of Jewish law and for personal advice and comfort. From his earliest boyhood days, the narrator heard things in his father's house that astonished, amused, perplexed and impressed him. These are things he never forgot and they are the fabric of this book. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR005356619
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