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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)

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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. (Publisher Provided) Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in Radzymin, Poland on July 14, 1904. He received a traditional Jewish education, including vis mere training at the rabbinical seminary in Warsaw. He began writing in Hebrew while he worked for 10 years as a proofreader and translator in Warsaw. In 1935, he immigrated to New York, where he became a journalist for the Daily Forward, America's largest Yiddish newspaper. Most of his stories were originally published in this newspaper in serial form. His first novel, The Family Moskat, was published in 1950. His other works include The Magician of Lublin, The Spinoza of Market Street, The Slave, and A Friend of Kafka. A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw won the National Book Award for children's literature. He received numerous awards during his lifetime including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978 and the Gold Medal for Fiction in 1989. He died after suffering a series of strokes on July 24, 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Værker af Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Collected Stories (1982) 1,064 eksemplarer
Shosha (1974) 1,034 eksemplarer
Fjender - en historie om kærlighed (1966) 1,004 eksemplarer
The Slave (1962) 967 eksemplarer
The Magician of Lublin (1960) 844 eksemplarer
The Family Moskat (1950) 844 eksemplarer
In My Father's Court (1956) 748 eksemplarer
Geden Zlateh og andre historier (1966) 633 eksemplarer
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories (1953) 633 eksemplarer
Why Noah Chose the Dove (1973) 620 eksemplarer
Satan in Goray (1935) 610 eksemplarer
The Manor (1952) 571 eksemplarer
Shadows on the Hudson (1957) 561 eksemplarer
Stories for Children (1984) 471 eksemplarer
A Crown of Feathers (1974) 401 eksemplarer
The Penitent (1983) 390 eksemplarer
A Friend of Kafka (1962) 371 eksemplarer
Short Friday and Other Stories (1964) 359 eksemplarer
The Estate (1952) 339 eksemplarer
Passions (1976) 286 eksemplarer
Metusalems død (1988) 285 eksemplarer
Old Love (1966) 282 eksemplarer
The Spinoza of Market Street (1961) 261 eksemplarer
Markernes konge (1988) 249 eksemplarer
The Golem (1969) — Forfatter — 248 eksemplarer
Scum (1991) 248 eksemplarer
The Séance and Other Stories (1968) 248 eksemplarer
Meshugah (1986) 243 eksemplarer
The Certificate (1992) 237 eksemplarer
More Stories from My Father's Court (2000) 208 eksemplarer
Love and Exile (1984) 198 eksemplarer
The Image and Other Stories (1985) 174 eksemplarer
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (1962) 168 eksemplarer
Lost in America (1981) 144 eksemplarer
Elijah the Slave (1970) 134 eksemplarer
An Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader (1974) 121 eksemplarer
The Fools of Chelm and Their History (1973) 114 eksemplarer
A Young Man in Search of Love (1976) 111 eksemplarer
The Fearsome Inn (1967) 104 eksemplarer
Yentl [1983 film] (1983) — Original story — 89 eksemplarer
The Parakeet Named Dreidel (2015) 80 eksemplarer
The Last Demon [short story] (2011) 64 eksemplarer
The Topsy-Turvy Emperor of China (1971) 57 eksemplarer
Gimpel l'idiota (1979) 52 eksemplarer
A Tale of Three Wishes (1975) 52 eksemplarer
The Destruction of Kreshev (1961) 50 eksemplarer
Alone in the Wild Forest (1971) 49 eksemplarer
Junior Great Books Series 4 Book 2 (1975) 42 eksemplarer
Nobel Lecture (1979) 35 eksemplarer
The Wicked City (1972) 34 eksemplarer
The Hasidim (1973) 31 eksemplarer
Keyla la rossa (2017) 30 eksemplarer
Gifts (1985) 28 eksemplarer
Op zoek (1985) 24 eksemplarer
Familien Moskat. B.1 (1990) 16 eksemplarer
Isaac B. Singer, 1978 (1986) 13 eksemplarer
Il ciarlatano (Italian Edition) (2019) 13 eksemplarer
Die kleinen Schuhmacher (1996) 12 eksemplarer
Le blasphemateur (1992) 12 eksemplarer
Familien Moskat. B.2 (1990) 12 eksemplarer
Racconti (1998) 11 eksemplarer
La luna e la follia (1989) 11 eksemplarer
El seductor (2022) 10 eksemplarer
Der Fatalist: Erzählungen (1980) — Forfatter — 10 eksemplarer
I due bugiardi (1957) 10 eksemplarer
Ricerca e perdizione (1975) 9 eksemplarer
Shosha e quattro racconti (1978) 9 eksemplarer
Cuentos (2018) 8 eksemplarer
L'ultimo demone e altri racconti (1997) 7 eksemplarer
Teibele and her demon (1984) 7 eksemplarer
יארמה וקיילה (2011) 6 eksemplarer
Old truths and new clichés (2022) 6 eksemplarer
Isaac Bashevis Singer Boxed Set (2004) 6 eksemplarer
Rencontre au sommet (1998) 6 eksemplarer
Cuentos judíos (1989) 5 eksemplarer
Keile la Pèl-roja (2023) 5 eksemplarer
Rivkele en andere verhalen (2008) 5 eksemplarer
Zlateh the Goat [short story] (1966) 5 eksemplarer
Den bittra sanningen : noveller (1989) 4 eksemplarer
Le dernier démon (1979) 4 eksemplarer
A hét kicsi suszter (1984) 4 eksemplarer
Max e Flora (Italian Edition) (2023) 4 eksemplarer
Toplu Öyküler (2015) 4 eksemplarer
Un amic de Kafka i altres contes (2019) 4 eksemplarer
Shammai Weitz (2022) 4 eksemplarer
Un giorno di felicità (2019) 3 eksemplarer
Madjionicar Iz Lublina (2004) 3 eksemplarer
Attesten (1993) 3 eksemplarer
The Key: Stories 3 eksemplarer
Der Geschichtenerzähler (1987) 3 eksemplarer
Contes (1985) 3 eksemplarer
Le charlatan (La cosmopolite) (2020) 2 eksemplarer
The Black Wedding (2014) 2 eksemplarer
Quando Shlemiel andò a Varsavia (1999) 2 eksemplarer
The Parrot 2 eksemplarer
Den usette : fortellinger (1976) 2 eksemplarer
Dust Jacket for Short Friday. (1964) 2 eksemplarer
TALE OF THREE WISHES 2 eksemplarer
Der Spinoza von der Marktstraße (1982) 2 eksemplarer
Una ventana al mundo (2022) 2 eksemplarer
מלך השדות 2 eksemplarer
Great fairytales, part 5, Wisdom and folly (2009) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
The Mirror 2 eksemplarer
The Eclipse (One Story 296) (1956) 2 eksemplarer
Keile la Pèl-roja 2 eksemplarer
Aspects of I.B. Singer (1986) 2 eksemplarer
The Dead Fiddler 2 eksemplarer
Come mai Dio non e vegetariano? (2005) 2 eksemplarer
Zjawa (1993) 2 eksemplarer
Schiuma (1991) 2 eksemplarer
Storie per bambini, vol. 2 (1996) 2 eksemplarer
The manuscript 2 eksemplarer
Tajne kabale (2017) 2 eksemplarer
שושה 1 eksemplar
Cuentos 1 eksemplar
השריד שנותר (2016) 1 eksemplar
罠におちた男 (1995) 1 eksemplar
הסרטיפיקט 1 eksemplar
ספינה לאמריקה (2022) 1 eksemplar
Markernes konge (1989) 1 eksemplar
Raskayavshiysya (2008) 1 eksemplar
Ingen titel 1 eksemplar
Joy [short story] 1 eksemplar
Ingen titel 1 eksemplar
ෂෝෂා 1 eksemplar
The Fearsome Inn 1 eksemplar
HUna Inotte di Hanukkah (1999) 1 eksemplar
La imagen 1 eksemplar
Escoria 1 eksemplar
Ást og útlegð 1 eksemplar
Geschichten aus New York. (1981) 1 eksemplar
Setrið 1 eksemplar
Neprijatelji, ljubavna prica (2017) 1 eksemplar
Golem 1 eksemplar
Kal 1 eksemplar
Jewish Love Stories (1973) 1 eksemplar
Der Fatalist 1 eksemplar
Papeles varios 1 eksemplar
Pierdut în America (2007) 1 eksemplar
La imágen y otras historias (1995) 1 eksemplar
Un amigo de Kafka 1 eksemplar
Kruna od perja 1 eksemplar
EL MAGO DE LUBLIN (2019) 1 eksemplar
Ole i Trufa 1 eksemplar
O Mago de Dublin 1 eksemplar
Zlateh the Goat [1966 film] (2004) 1 eksemplar
El Cuento de los tres deseos (1901) 1 eksemplar
Ung mand søger kærlighed (1981) 1 eksemplar
Leidenschaften (1995) 1 eksemplar
Samtal med Singer (1987) 1 eksemplar
Ori 1 eksemplar
Staré lásky (2003) 1 eksemplar
Hunger 1 eksemplar
Hanka 1 eksemplar
New York árnyai (1999) 1 eksemplar
O Solar 1 eksemplar
Contes jueus (1901) 1 eksemplar
Późna miłość 1 eksemplar
Remembrances of a Rabbi's Son (1984) 1 eksemplar
Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite (1988) 1 eksemplar
The Lecture 1 eksemplar
The Courtship 1 eksemplar
Passioni e altri racconti (1995) 1 eksemplar
Vyvrhel (2004) 1 eksemplar
Satan in Gora 1 eksemplar
Retour rue Krochmalna (2022) 1 eksemplar
Ništarija 1 eksemplar
Alone [short story] 1 eksemplar
Blood [short story] 1 eksemplar
Sjene nad Hudsonom 1 eksemplar
Krótki piątek (1992) 1 eksemplar
Love & Exile 1 eksemplar
#Error 1 eksemplar
Dědictví (2006) 1 eksemplar
Singers eventyr for børn (1992) 1 eksemplar
Pohádky a povídky (1995) 1 eksemplar
Geschichten von der Liebe. Old love — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Izgubljen u Americi 1 eksemplar
Moskatin suku 1 eksemplar
Passions - Stories 1 eksemplar
O Escravo 1 eksemplar
Max, der Schlawiner. Roman. (2002) 1 eksemplar
Three Tales 1 eksemplar
Der bal-tshuve 1 eksemplar

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American Fantastic Tales: Boxed Set (2009) — Bidragyder — 92 eksemplarer
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Tully Filmus: Selected Drawings (1971) — Bidragyder — 34 eksemplarer
The Best American Short Stories 1980 (1980) — Bidragyder — 34 eksemplarer
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A member of the Jewish community in old Prague is accused of ritual murder, the judges are on the side of the denouncers and a pogrom threatens. The wise Rabbi Löw, not only a Talmudic scholar but also a friend of magic and mysticism, has a vision during the midnight intercession: he will mould a giant golem out of clay that can save the Jews from mortal danger.
After fulfilling the golem's mission, the rabbi is unable to destroy the golem again. The golem increasingly developed human traits, which led to certain situations becoming absurd.
I like legends and this one also had its charm and humour, even if the subject is very serious.

The master story is dedicated to "the persecuted and oppressed in the world, in the hope against all hope that the time of false accusations will one day end".
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Ameise1 | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 17, 2024 |
We are in Poland, this time in the later decades of the 19th century. The novel begins just after an 1863 uprising by the Polish nobility against what had become ongoing Russian rule has ended in humiliating disaster. With this nationalist movement quashed, Poland instead turns to business, and the modern world begins seeping into Poland: mines, factories, railroads begin appearing. For Poland's Jews, the period is one of liberalism. In the town of Jampol, one of the insurrectionists, Count Wladislaw Jampolski, has been banished to Siberia, and a Jew, Calman Jacoby, has managed to win the right to lease the count's large landholding and manor house. He judiciously allows the count's family to continue living in the manor house, in order to avoid offending the local Poles, and he begins making money growing and selling crops on the land and, in particular, selling timber to be used as railroad ties. So begins our tale, with Calman at the center of what becomes a whirlwind of cultural and religious change and the personal crises and moral choices, both good and bad, of an expanding group of characters.

Calman himself is an observant Jew. He expects his children to stay within that community and some do. But the Jewish community as a whole does not stand apart from the modernism taking hold in Poland, and Calman, to his woe, has lived to see a growing divide among Poland's Jews: those who demand adherence to the old ways, and those who look westward with approval at the assimilation of the Jews of France, Germany and elsewhere. To them, the exotic, "Asiatic" dress, the standing apart from Polish society as a whole, is a self-defeating lifestyle of superstition, destined to bring down further antisemitism on all of their heads. To the traditionalists, antisemitism is a constant, sure to come in future waves however they're dressed and however they worship. Faith in God and loyalty to the commandments is the only path. Calman's children, as they grow to adulthood, more or less split down the middle of this divide. One of his daughters goes so far as to run off with the count's son. But the world of the Polish nobility is on no more solid ground than the world of the Hassids. In the meantime, socialism, Zionism, nihilism, anarchism and more are debated and sometimes adopted. The roles of women in this world are changing as well. Although this topic is not made specific, the limitations faced by The Manor's female characters, and the extremely unsatisfactory choices they're forced into, become an undeniable theme of the novel.

I don't want to give the idea that Singer's presentation here is devoid of sympathy and even love for the ways and tribulations of the observant Jews. Indeed, his portrayal is laced strongly with affection and understanding. The storyline is a tapestry, or perhaps labyrinth is a better description, of interrelationships between members of the old world and the new, the Jewish society and the Polish Christians, interwoven amongst and strengthened by family, marriage, business and religion. The old world's concerns are offered with as much detail as those more modern leaning. This is a vivid picture of a complex society at a tipping point, full of memorable characters. And of course Singer was writing, and we are reading, within the context of hindsight. In the end, modernization did not save the Jews of Europe.

Here is a good example of the issues Singer is dealing with. Ezriel, Calman's son-in-law, has mostly left the old ways and is studying at university to become a doctor:

"Ezriel had had great hopes that progress could be achieved through education. Yet knowledge itself turned out to be extremely precarious. The entities which were said to constitute matter seemed to have almost magical properties. Moreover, the various materialistic theories, and Darwinism in particular, had put almost all values in jeopardy: the soul, ethics, the family. Might was right everywhere. Man's ancient beliefs had been bartered for the telegraph. But what could Ezriel do about it? For him the old traditions were already destroyed. He was left with nothing but examinations and dread. He had forsaken God but he was dependent upon all kinds of bureaucrats. He had made a mistake, Ezriel felt. But what exactly had been his error? How could it be rectified? As he lay in the darkness, it occurred to him that the young man who had been found hanging in an attic room in the Old City and whose dissection Ezriel had witnessed must have had much the same thoughts as he was having now."

Here's one more quote I like a lot, one that shows more accurately the range of human emotion and reverence for the natural world that Singer displays through the novel, as Calman, about a third of the way through the story, contemplates his situation:

"Calman sighed. He heard his grandson, Shaindel's Uri-Joseph-Yosele, awake and cry. Burek, the dog, barked. The cows in the stall rubbed their horns against the door. The spring was a warm one, and after two years of drought there were signs that the coming harvest would be fruitful. The winter crops had sprouted early, rain and sunshine had been plentiful: the life of the soil was as unpredictable as the life of man. Scarcity followed plenty. When the earth seemed to have grown barren, the juices of life flowed through her again and she blossomed once more. Who could tell? Perhaps God would still grant Calman some comfort."

When I first began reading The Manor, I wasn't particularly enamored. But the more I read, and the more the branches of Singer's story reached outward, the more absorbed I became, and in the end I can say it's a book I recommend highly.
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rocketjk | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 9, 2024 |
Max e Flora fa parte della trilogia di libri del premio Nobel Isaac Bashevis Singer pubblicati postumi, insieme a Keyla la rossa e Il ciarlatano. Nel romanzo, breve ma intenso, emergono le grandi qualità narrative di Singer che da storie semplici riesce sempre ad estendere la visione al generale. Max e Flora sono una coppia polacca che è emigrata in Argentina e ha avuto successo. Max ha una fabbrica di borsette, Flora una casa di appuntamenti, siamo nei primi anni del Novecento, gli echi della Prima guerra mondiale e della tragedia del nazismo sono ancora lontani. Ma Singer trasuda cultura ebraica, le personificazioni dei personaggi sono magistrali, il degrado culturale della società dell’epoca appare evidente. La coppia tornata a Varsavia cerca di rinnovare gli stimoli sessuali, Max invita Flora a frequentare il suo precedente amante, Feivele Shechter, un attore di teatro. E, intanto, entra in contatto con una banda di anarchici che progetta una rapina in una banca prevista attraversando un tunnel sotterraneo che Max si impegna a finanziare. Ma quando Max scopre che Flora ha avuto un passato da prostituta il rapporto di coppia si spezza, lascia la donna e inizia a convivere con Rashka, una ragazzina ingenua. Una storia che va al di là della sorte dei personaggi per un libro di gradevolissima lettura.… (mere)
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Joseph Jacobs Contributor
Haruma Okada Editor & Introduction
Bartho Kriek Translator
Anna Zbierska Translator
Nili Wachtel Translator
Tomasz Kuberczyk Translator
Uri Shulevitz Illustrator
Eric Carle Illustrator
Martha Glicklich Translator
Uri Schulevitz Illustrator
Raphael Soyer Illustrator
Harry T. Moore Introduction
Pietari Posti Illustrator
Elaine Gottlieb Translator
Joseph Singer Translator
Elizabeth Pollet Translator
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Cecil Hemley Translator
Lucie Lucká Translator
Gertrud Baruch Translator
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Aliza Shevrin Translator
Stella Bromet Translator
Wulf Teichmann Translator
Salcia Landmann Afterword
Margot Zemach Illustrator
A. H. Gross Translator
Nico Polak Translator
Krystyna Szerer Translator
Gisèle Bernier Traduction
Lucilia Filipe Translator
Larry Keith Narrator
Kurt Löb Illustrator
Martin Ros Afterword
Rosanna Gerber Translator
Roman Vishniac Photographer
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Mira Rafalowicz Translator
Maurice Sendak Illustrator
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Isaac Rosenfeld Translator
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Abe Igelfeld Narrator
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Joseph Sloan Translator
Jan Skoumal Translator
Ulla Hengst Translator
Mario Biondi Translator
Joseph Sherman Translator
Mea Flothuis Translator
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Rachel MacKenzie Translator
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Jet van der Mijn Translator
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Andrés Bosch Translator
Mårten Edlund Translator
Birgit Edlund Translator
Mark Penberthy Illustrator
Joel Blocker Translator
A. Polak-Lubbers Translator
June Ruth Flaum Translator
Arik Brauer Cover artist
Claus Seitz Cover designer
Aleš J. Novák Translator
Roger H. Klein Translator
Curt Leviant Translator
Jukka Kemppinen Translator
Hannelore Neves Translator
Caj Lundgren Translator
Harald Raykowski Translator
Bruno Oddera Translator
Julian Jusim Illustrator
David Stromberg Translator
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