Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1946 - Hardcover

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798988677307

Verlag: White Goat Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A vital collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish essays on Jewish culture and identity during the Holocaust years.

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt unveils a crucial period in the Nobel laureate's work, showcasing his reflections on Jewish life, Yiddish language, and the looming shadow of the Holocaust. Translated and edited by David Stromberg, these essays, originally penned for a Yiddish-speaking audience, offer a unique window into Singer's evolving thoughts on tradition, modernity, and the role of the writer in times of crisis.

This collection provides:

• Insightful commentary on Jewish identity, religious practice, and cultural preservation.
• Historical context for understanding Singer's later fiction.
• A poignant exploration of loss, resilience, and the enduring power of the human spirit.

For readers of Jewish literature, cultural history, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Isaac Bashevis Singer's multifaceted genius, this volume is a must-read.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American author of novels, short stories, memoirs, essays, and stories for children. His career spanned nearly seven decades of literary production, much of it spent translating his own work from Yiddish into English, which he undertook with various collaborators and editors. Singer published widely during his lifetime, with nearly sixty stories appearing in The New Yorker, and received numerous awards and prizes, including two Newbery Honor Book Awards (1968 and 1969), two National Book Awards (1970 and 1974), and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1978). Known for fiction that portrayed 19th-century Polish Jewry as well as supernatural tales that combined Jewish mysticism with demonology, Singer was a master storyteller whose sights were set squarely on the tension between human nature and the human spirit.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: White Goat Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798988677307
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 181
• Herausgeber: Stromberg David
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