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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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780374505929 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 10/01/1991 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 635,280 |
Product dimensions: | 5.42(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
Date of Birth:
July 14, 1904Date of Death:
July 24, 1991Place of Birth:
Radzymin, PolandPlace of Death:
Surfside, FloridaEducation:
Attended Tachkemoni Rabbinical Seminary in Warsaw, Poland, 1920-27Customer Reviews
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