Library of America 2004 Hardcover New 832 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.00 inches.

Library of America, Date: 2004-07-08. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good. 2004. Library of America ISBN 1931082618 9781931082617 [US]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover First Edition Beginning with Gimpel the Fool, the story that brought Isaac Bashevis Singer to prominence in America in the 1950s, this Library of America volume is the first of three gathering most of Singers short fiction. These stories were published in English in the versions he called his second originals, translations that he supervised and on which he himself often collaborated, revising his Yiddish texts as he worked.Born in 1904 into a family of rabbis, Singer grew up in a devout household in Warsaws Jewish quarter, but he also spent time in the villages and market towns of eastern Poland, most notably Bilgoray, where he took refuge with his mother and brother during World War I. He had firsthand exposure to forms of Jewish folk culture that were destroyed by the Nazis, and many of his works testify to the richness of that annihilated world. In his stories set in Poland, Singer drew upon vernacular traditions for tales imbued with a wild, sometimes mischievous, often disturbing supernaturalism that was an outgrowth of local storytelling but containing dark undercurrents born of his own concerns and obsessions. At the same time, his skeptical but never dismissive engagement with religion and spirituality-and the opposing forces of secularism-enabled him to take part in the creative ferment of Jewish modernism but also distance himself from its politics and literary ...

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover In Used Condition
[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover
[Humble, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.15
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Library of America, Date: 2004-07-08. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Library of America ISBN 1931082618 9781931082617 [US]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover Buy for Great customer experience
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 1931082618, ISBN13: 9781931082617, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover
[Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]