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PaperbackEngels9780299186944
31-3-2003
Isaac Bashevis Singer brought the vibrant milieu of pre-Holocaust Polish Jewry to the English-speaking world through his subtle psychological insight, deep sympathy for the eccentricities of Jewish folk custom and unerring feel for the heroism of everyday life. Meer
GebondenEngels9781931082617
8-7-2004
PaperbackEngels9798987707890
14-11-2023
paperbackNederlands304 blz.9789020416367
31-5-2022
Holocaust-overlevende en vluchteling Herman Broder heeft haast voor hij er erg in heeft drie vrouwen in zijn leven: Jadwiga, de Poolse boerin die hem heeft helpen onderduiken voor de Duitsers; Masja, zijn bloedmooie, neurotische, enige ware liefde; en Tamara, zijn eerste vrouw, die als een wonder herrezen is uit de dood. Meer
gebondenNederlands184 blz.9789492672551
9-5-2022
In de straten van New York dwarrelen sneeuwvlokken als bloesems naar beneden. In een klooster in bevroren Kostroma schilfert een Russische moeder Gods af. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141196770
28-7-2011
A collection of forty-seven short stories such as "Taibele and Her Demon" "The Unseen", "Gimpel the Fool" and "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy". Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141197609
3-5-2012
Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assistant who travels with him and a woman in every town. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141197616
3-5-2012
Herman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099285472
7-12-2000
The pogrom that swept through Poland was interpreted as a sign of the Coming of the Lord. In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder and famine, grief becomes joy as good news arrives of the second coming of the Messiah. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099285489
7-12-2000
In the topsy-turvy years between the dawn of the twentieth century and the dark days of 1939, the Moskat family battled on. In Warsaw, where saints mingle with swindlers, tough Zionists argue with mystic philosophers, and medieval rabbis rub shoulders with ultra-modern painters, life is inexorably changing. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099286455
5-4-2001
In this masterly collection of stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer once again weaves bewitching fables from seemingly ordinary lives, showing us with subtlety and compassion humanity at its most mundane and mysterious. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099286462
5-4-2001
This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age and especially those that teach us how to love, as 'in love the young are just beginners and the art of loving matures with age and experience'. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099422662
1-11-2001
In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141197623
3-5-2012
Jacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141197630
3-5-2012
Aaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to America. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141391595
2-8-2012
From pre-First World War Warsaw to the New York of the 1930s, this title traces the early years of the author's life. It presents his bookish boyhood as the son of an Orthodox rabbi, equally absorbed in science, philosophy and cabbala. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141391571
2-8-2012
Presents the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. This title offers an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780141391588
2-8-2012
Offers an exploration of primitive history. This title portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Meer