Shadows on the Hudson - Softcover

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

 
9780452280038: Shadows on the Hudson

Synopsis

When the daughter of a very religious 1940s businessman leaves her husband to pursue a relationship with a married man, she disrupts the lives of her Manhattan community of Jewish refugees

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Review

"A significant event, a major addition to the English-language Singer oeuvre. It is a startling, piercing work of fiction, a book with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece."
--"The New York Times""" "A matchless portrait of human frailty seen from the perspective of a vast compassionate understanding. A major work, from one of the great modern novelists."
--"Kirkus Reviews" "This major novel is a welcome addition to the Singer library."
--"Library Journal"

A significant event, a major addition to the English-language Singer oeuvre. It is a startling, piercing work of fiction, a book with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece. "The New York Times"

A matchless portrait of human frailty seen from the perspective of a vast compassionate understanding. A major work, from one of the great modern novelists. "Kirkus Reviews"

This major novel is a welcome addition to the Singer library. "Library Journal""

"A significant event, a major addition to the English-language Singer oeuvre. It is a startling, piercing work of fiction, a book with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece." --The New York Times

"A matchless portrait of human frailty seen from the perspective of a vast compassionate understanding. A major work, from one of the great modern novelists." --Kirkus Reviews

"This major novel is a welcome addition to the Singer library." --Library Journal

About the Author

Isaac Singer grew up in Poland,the son of a rabbi, and emigrated to the USA in 1935 where he worked as a journalist and wrote novels in Yiddish.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, and died in 1991.

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