Isaac B. Singer Boeken

Deze zestien jiddische verhalen spelen zich af onder Poolse joden. Singer, die in 1904 in Radzymin bij Warschau werd geboren uit een familie van rabbijnen, zet met deze verhalen de chassidische traditie voort. De verhalen zijn stuk voor stuk juweeltjes van vertelkunst, en ontroeren door hun directheid. Levende mensen worstelen erin met hun armoe, hun angst, de vervolging. Ze worden slachtoffer van hun levenslust of driften, maar worden steeds geschilderd op weg naar een wereld die menselijker moet worden. Voor zijn vertelkunst werd de auteur in 1978 de Nobelprijs voor literatuur verleend. De titel van de bundel "Vroege sabbat" is gewijzigd naar de naam van het verhaal waarop de film "Yentl" van Barbra Streisand is gebaseerd. Zeer kleine druk, volle bladspiegel, pocketuitgave. (Biblion recensie, Drs. M.J.I. Bos)

Like Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction, this poignant memoir of his childhood in the household and rabbinical court of his father is full of spirits and demons, washerwomen and rabbis, beggars and rich men. This rememberance of Singer's pious father, his rational yet adoring mother, and the never-ending parade of humanity that marched through their home is a portrait of a magnificent writer's childhood self and of the world, now gone, that formed him.

A drama set against the background of 17th century Poland. It is a love story rooted in the folklore of the period. The author also wrote "The Magician of Lublin", "Old Love", "Shosha", "The Estate", "Family Moskat" and "The Image and Other Stories".

Presents a collection of fifty-four short stories, including "Gimpel the Fool," "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," and "The Mirror."

Collection of stories from winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Presents a collection of short stories, including "Brother Beetle" and "The Jew from Babylon" along with ten previously unpublished stories.

These are wonderful [Yiddish] stories with vivid characterizations, lush imagery, and plots rich with emotion and imagination. My favorite is Passions: a meditation on how man becomes obsessed with something--to the extent of transforming one's life--anything can become a passion. --David Oberlander at Amazon.com.