In My Father's Court

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Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Paperback / softback

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'A world that no longer exists reaches us through one of the greatest literary artists of our time' Saturday Review In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Advice seekers and petitioners making wills or seeking marriage settlements daily visit the rabbi in his study. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle, learned father and his mother, equally pious but eminently practical, maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. In My Father's Court is a tribute to their efforts, and a fine evocation of life in early-twentieth century Warsaw.

Author Biography:

Issac Bashevis Singer was born in Poland in 1904, and emigrated to the United States in 1935, shortly after his first novel, Satan in Goray, had been published in instalments. In 1943 he became a US citizen, but he continued to write almost exclusively in Yiddish, personally supervising the translation of his works into English. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Issac Bashevis Singer died in Florida in 1991. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) was the author of many novels, stories,children's books, and a memoir. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.

Release date NZ

November 1st, 2001

Author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

320

Dimensions

129x198x18

ISBN-13

9780099422662

Product ID

1670015

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