The King of the Fields

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

ISBN 10: 0224026631 / ISBN 13: 9780224026635

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1989

About this Item

244 pp, complete dustjacket in removeable plastic sleeve. Ex library - flyleaf removed, a couple of stamps, otherwise a clean 'reading copy'.

Seller Inventory # 10818

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King of the Fields
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224026631
• ISBN 13: 9780224026635
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Ex-Library
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Synopsis

A fictional exploration of primitive history in which the battles for supremacy between peoples resisting civilization can be read as a comment on the modern world. The author also wrote "The Estate", "The Magician of Lublin", "The Family Moskat" and was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for literature.

Review

"[Singer's] vision and imagination are stronger than ever, and whether one reads the book as a parable of modern civilization and its discontents or as unadulterated fantasy, one is indelibly transfixed."
--"Library Journal" "The strength of I. B. Singer's novel comes from the language, as it constantly undermines the flow of the narrative by infusing into the text - written in Yiddish and translated into English by the author - Polish words and phrases."
--"The New York Times"

[Singer's] vision and imagination are stronger than ever, and whether one reads the book as a parable of modern civilization and its discontents or as unadulterated fantasy, one is indelibly transfixed. "Library Journal"

The strength of I. B. Singer's novel comes from the language, as it constantly undermines the flow of the narrative by infusing into the text - written in Yiddish and translated into English by the author - Polish words and phrases. "The New York Times""

"[Singer's] vision and imagination are stronger than ever, and whether one reads the book as a parable of modern civilization and its discontents or as unadulterated fantasy, one is indelibly transfixed." --Library Journal

"The strength of I. B. Singer's novel comes from the language, as it constantly undermines the flow of the narrative by infusing into the text - written in Yiddish and translated into English by the author - Polish words and phrases." --The New York Times