Un Amigo De Kafka - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 843206369X ISBN 13: 9788432063695

Synopsis

Universal Library Planet :: 271pp.Sobre the author Isaac Bashevis Singer ( Leoncin or Radzymin , according to some sources (Poland ) (then part of the Russian Empire) ; July 14, 1904 - Miami , Florida , July 24, 1991) Jewish writer , and Polish citizen. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature . , Singer gave as his date of birth July 14, 1904 , although it is believed that was born on November 21 , 1902. In any case in 2004 the centenary was celebrated birth ... Singer was the son and grandson of rabbis and brother of novelist Israel Joshua Singer. He grew up in the Jewish quarter of Warsaw surrounded by a recurring scene of anti-Semitic violence in the form of pogroms where Yiddish was spoken . He married Runia Shapira, had a son , Israel had . In 1935, fearing Nazi offensive emigrated to the United States and separated from his wife. In this country he began writing as a journalist and columnist for The Daily Forward , a newspaper aimed at the Jewish community of New York written in Yiddish . Singer wrote most of his works in Yiddish ... In 1940 he married Alma Singer Haimann , with whom he lived until his death ... In addition to the Nobel, he was awarded the National Book Award in 1973 ... Singer was a prominent vegetarian over the last 35 years of his life , and often included vegetarian issues in his work. In his last story , The Slaughterer ("the butcher " ) describes the anguish of a butcher designated trying to reconcile his compassion for animals with their task of killing them. He estimated that eating meat is a denial of all ideals and all religions : "How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and his blood is shed ? " . When asked if he had become a vegetarian for health reasons, he replied: " I did it for the health of the chickens " ... In The Letter Writer , wrote "In relation to animals , all people are Nazis ; for animals , this is an eternal Treblinka " .. in the foreword to " Food for Spirit: Vegetarian

Edition details

• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 843206369X
• ISBN 13: 9788432063695
• Binding: Paperback