145 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

A Max basta vederla, quella Rashka appena quindicenne, per rimanerne abbagliato. E dire che finora tutto filava liscio: lui e la sua bella Flora, moglie e amica, complice e amante, sono tornati a Varsavia per procurarsi della «merce» per la loro fabbrica di borsette – in realtà, carne fresca per il florido bordello che gestiscono a Buenos Aires. Appena arrivati, si sono immersi, come un tempo, nel mondo di via Kroch...

From the Nobel Prize-winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays--most of them previously unpublished in English--by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work--including the literary arts, Yiddish and Je...

WRITINGS ON YIDDISH AND YIDDISHKAYT: THE WAR YEARS, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate's Yiddish and English oeuvre. Knowing that a whole world, a whole way of life, a whole cultural treasure bound up with Yiddish and Yiddishkayt--that they were all going up in flames before his very eyes--was crushing for Singer, driving him to put pen to paper and write. His wartime writing--appearing in an intense...

The year is 1911 when Keyle, a Jewish prostitute, meets the love of her life, Yarme, an ex-convict. The young couple dreams of escaping the misery of the Warsaw ghetto, where they live under the constant threat of pogroms, so when Max, an old acquaintance, offers them to participate in his lucrative business in South America, they don't hesitate for a moment. But Max is also attracted to Yarme, and a fateful love triangle ensues that will haun...

WRITINGS ON YIDDISH AND YIDDISHKAYT: THE WAR YEARS, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate's Yiddish and English oeuvre. Knowing that a whole world, a whole way of life, a whole cultural treasure bound up with Yiddish and Yiddishkayt--that they were all going up in flames before his very eyes--was crushing for Singer, driving him to put pen to paper and write. His wartime writing--appearing in an intense...

Keine Beschreibung.

Introduction by Marc Caplan, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Although it is unsurprising that Isaac Bashevis Singer was the only Yiddish writer chosen for a Nobel Prize in Literature-the only Yiddish writer who will ever be so honored-it is equally unsurprising that this honor has caused such enduring controversy among Yiddish readers. For these readers, Bashevis's writing has been distinguished by two characteristic transgressions. His focus on the ...

As a young man in Warsaw, Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991) wrote naturalist stories, sketches, and his first memoir, and translated eleven books of contemporary European literature into Yiddish. Published originally in the Yiddish press under the pseudonym Yitskhok Bashevis, the edition introduces the early writings in fluent English translations. The early fiction and non-fiction are annotated, richly illustrated, and includes a literary his...

This volume includes a collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s early work, including 27 short stories, 7 sketches of early fiction, and a range of critical essays, childhood memoirs, and interviews.Singer’s early literary career in Warsaw (1925-1935) was crucially important in laying the building blocks for his great achievements in Jewish and world literature as a storyteller of Polish Jewry. During this period, Singer worked as a journalist, ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Mark ist Mathematiklehrer an einem Warschauer Mädchengymnasium. Seine unauffälligste und schlechteste Schülerin heißt ausgerechnet Bella. Doch auf einem Gebiet ist sie überbegabt: auf dem der Gefühle. Ihre magischen Kräfte lösen in Mark eine leidenschaftliche Begierde aus. Hoffnungslos verfällt er dem jungen Mädchen ... Geboren 1904 im polnischen Radzymin als Sohn eines Rabbiners und 1935 nach Amerika ausgewandert, machte Isaac Bashevis Singer...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.