Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life (Studies in Jewish History) - Hardcover

Hadda, Janet

 
9780195084207: Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Life (Studies in Jewish History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195084209 ISBN 13: 9780195084207
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1978, was perhaps the greatest Yiddish writer of the 20th century, a profoundly important voice in world literature, and an invaluable witness to the vanishing culture of Eastern European Jews. He was also a consummate storyteller. In such short stories as "Gimpel the Fool", "Short Friday", and "Yentl", and such acclaimed novels as "The Family Moskat" and "Enemies, A Love Story", Singer combined a subtle psychological insight, deep sympathy for the eccentricities of Jewish folk custom, and an unerring feel for the heroism of everyday life. In doing so, he brought before the English-speaking world the vibrant milieu of pre-Holocaust Polish Jewry and provided an insight into human character and culture.

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About the Author

About the Author:
Janet Hadda is Professor of Yiddish at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is Training and Supervising Analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195084209
ISBN 13 
9780195084207
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
254