Deborah (The Feminist Press at the City University of New York Series) - Hardcover

Kreitman, Esther Singer; Carr, Maurice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558614699 ISBN 13: 9781558614697

Publisher: Feminist Pr, 2004

Synopsis

An autobiographical historical novel by the sister of Isaac Bashevis Singer chronicles the life and times of a rabbi's daughter from the ages of fourteen to eighteen in a shtetl in early twentieth-century Europe. Original.

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Review:

"...were she alive today Esther Kreitman would be bracketed with Zadie Smith and Monica Ali." -- Clive Sinclair, Times Literary Supplement, 23rd April, 2004

"Kreitman has a growing reputation, both as a Yiddish storyteller in her own right and as a feminist icon." -- Howard Jacobson, The Times, 10th April 2004

"Rebellious, she refused to kill her art, she broke glass ceilings and gave voice to a woman’s being and soul." -- A Celebration of Women Writers

The Ugly Duckling of this family of Yiddish stars...this important translation (of Blitz) will groom her for literary swandom. -- Babelguides review by Ray Keenoy

This is a classic of feminist literature available to a new generation. Recommended for all libraries. -- US Library Journal

From the Publisher:

In Deborah, Kreitman recalls much of her own youth as the elder sister who watched her younger brothers, Isaac Bashevis and IJ Singer, enjoy the education denied her. As Bashevis later explained, she was the inspiration for "Yentl", his famous story about a girl who dresses as a boy in order to study at the yeshiva. While Kreitman never undertook Yentl's feat, she made an astounding accomplishment of her own: against all expectations and against all odds, she wrote honestly fiercly, and profoundly about what is now a lost world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Feminist Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1558614699
• ISBN 13: 9781558614697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316