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"Shosha" er fortællingen om den håbefulde unge forfatter, der i mellemkrigstidens Warszawa står over for valget mellem et nyt, frit liv i USA eller at forblive tro mod sine polsk-jødiske rødder - på trods af den krig, der lurer i horisonten. Han
Yasha the magician - sword swallower, fire eater, acrobat and master of escape - is famed for his extraordinary Houdini-like skills. Half Jewish, half Gentile, a free thinker who slips easily between worlds, Yasha has an observant wife, a loyal assistant
Jacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. They begin a secret affair, trying to avoid the cruelty of
"Familien Moskat" er beretningen om en rig jødisk slægt i Warszawa gennem et par generationer frem til krigens begyndelse i 1939. I centrum står stærke og individuelle personligheder og et samfund, der generelt pulserede med liv og vitalitet. Pa
From pre-First World War Warsaw to the New York of the 1930s, Nobel Prize-winner Isaac Bashevis Singer traces the early years of his life in this autobiographical trilogy. In A Little Boy in Search of God , he remembers his bookish boyhood as the son of a
Isaac Bashevis Singer's work explores humanity in all of its guises. This collection of forty-seven short stories, selected by Singer himself from across the whole of his career, brings together the best of his writing. From the supernatural 'Taib
From the Nobel Prize winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essaysmost of them previously unpublished in Englishby Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vi
In Enemies, A Love Story - an ode to the complicated postwar experience of Holocaust survivors - Isaac Bashevis Singer tells the story of Herman Broder, a man lost in his own indecisiveness and dishonesty. Almost before he knows it, Herman has three wives
Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Mirror was written for the Yale Repertory Theater production in 1972-1973. Set in a shtetl in Poland, the play is based on Singer's 1955 story of the same name, originally narrated by the demon. It deals with sexual fan
"Singers eventyr for børn" tager udgangspunkt i den ældre jødiske fortælletradition og folklore og indeholder: De ældre i Chelm og Genendels nøgle ; En historie om tre ønsker ; De slukkede lys ; Mazel og Shlimazel ; Hvorfor Noa valgte duen ; Ged
"Markernes konge" er den amerikansk-jiddische forfatter Isaac Bashevis Singers historiske roman om den tidlige middelalder i en hedensk landsby i Polen. Her opstår blodige brydninger, da en jødisk skomager ankommer - medbringende alfabetet og tr
"Fortabt i Amerika" er 3. del af "Kærlighed & eksil", som er den amerikansk-jiddische forfatter Isaac Bashevis Singers selektive, semi-fiktive erindringer. Med Singers egne ord er det "et bidrag til en selvbiografi jeg aldrig havd