THE SLAVE. Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his. · "The King of the Fields" by Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer in his novel The King of the Fields, written in , just three years before his death, examines religions (Christian, pagan, Jewish), myth, male-female relationships, sex, politics, and man, Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. The King of the Fields. A fictional exploration of primitive history, Singer's novel portrays an age of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Part parable of modern civilization, part fascinating historical novel, it reaffrims the author's reputation as a master storyteller/5.
Shadows on the Hudson, by Isaac Bashevis Singer SHADOWS ON THE HUDSON "A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece" (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times), Shadows on the Hudson traces the intertwined lives of a group of Jewish refugees in New York City in the late s. Isaac Bashevis Singer () was the author of many novels, stories, and children's bltadwin.ru received the Nobel Prize in Literature in The King of the Fields is not the usual kind of tale we would expect from the Nobel Prize winning author for literature Isaac Bashevis Singer (). This book, published in , is one of the last books that he wrote. Generally, the protagonist of his books is a Jew living in recent times.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (–91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in Date of Birth. by Isaac Bashevis Singer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 10, Singer's first novel in five years touches on many of his recurring themes (lust vs. reason, paganism vs. civilization, women as she-devils) but in a strange, largely unconvincing context: pre-medieval, primitive Poland, where assorted pagan tribes fight for control of rural neighborhoods, at odds over (among other things) whether to live by hunting or farming. The King of the Fields. A fictional exploration of primitive history, Singer's novel portrays an age of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Part parable of modern civilization, part fascinating historical novel, it reaffrims the author's reputation as a master storyteller.
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