New Releases by Isaac Bashevis Singer

In his classic followup to his debut story collection, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories, Isaac Bashevis Singer continues to introduce readers to his unique brand of fiction in eleven unforgettable stories. Praise: "The most brilliant living representative of the Yiddish language in prose and one of the important contemporary writers in America." - The New York Times Review of Books "There is a very old, durable and sage glow to these stories." - Kirkus "Sparkling and triumphant, Isaac Bashevis Singer's stories are filled with wonder, gratitude, humor, irony and a wry eroticism that manages to exalt the pleasures of the flesh and the soul at the same time." - The Washington Post Book World

Una sofisticada historia sobre el sexo como obsesión. El mago de Lublin se ha coronado con el tiempo como la novela más importante de la literatura yiddish. Su protagonista, Yasha Mazur, un polaco medio judío y medio pagano, realiza actos de magia, acrobacia y escapismo a lo largo de la Polonia del este. Y mientras él va recorriendo los poblados, tendiendo entre la libertad y la amoralidad una simple soga que cruza cual equilibrista, su esposa, judía practicante, lo espera en casa sin creer en las habladurías que dan cuenta de la doble vida de Yasha. Pero no hay magia que resista el deterioro de la ilusión ni hombre al que no le toque la hora de luchar contra sí mismo. El mago de Lublin es un extraordinario relato sobre la eterna, y casi siempre sinuosa, búsqueda de la divinidad. "Hace cuarenta años elegí como inspirador a Knut Hamsun; si tuviese hoy que volver a empezar, tomaría como inspiración a Singer. Todo lo que hace es perfecto" Henry Miller

"Troldmanden fra Lublin" er en kunstnerroman om en overmodig og succesrig polsk jøde fra forrige århundrede, der gennem sine løgne mister sin udstråling og dermed sin magt over kvinder og sit publikum. Isaac Bashevis Singer var en polskfødt jødisk-amerikansk forfatter (1903-1991). I 1935 emigrerede han til USA, og hans værker er nok bedst kendt på engelsk, selvom de oprindeligt er skrevet på jiddisch. I centrum af hans forfatterskab er livet i jødiske landsbyer i Central- og Østeuropa før Holocaust, projiceret i en realistisk stil med et strejf af mystik – en stil, der af mange betragtes som både grotesk og obskøn. Rollelisten af karakterer stammer fra jødisk folklore og byder på alt fra synske, troldmænd, tåber, vismænd, ludere og fanatikere til djævle, dæmoner og intellektuelle. I tråd hermed afspejles indholdsmæssige kampe mellem tradition og modernitet, godt og ondt og moral. Hans forfatterskab, som omfatter romaner, noveller, børnehistorier og erindringer, gav Singer Nobelprisen i litteratur i 1978.

On the eighth night of Hanukkah, a family rescues a Yiddish-speaking, dreidel-playing parakeet.

The Penitent is the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. Following his journey as he flees Nazi persecution in Poland in 1939, through wealth and a failed marriage in New York, and on to Israel, it charts his transformation from worldly confusion to spiritual certainty in orthodox Judaism. This powerful work is an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 'Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power.' The New York Times

Herman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife. Unsure of who he really is, what he wants and whether he can ever find peace, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of paranoia and impending doom. Published in 1972, Enemies, A Love Story is an astonishing novel that blends humour and pathos to create a rich, humane portrayal of a man who cannot escape his past. 'One is forever suspended between laughter and tears by this rich and marvellous novel.' The New York Times 'Isaac Bashevis Singer is a rare pleasure . . . a literary genius.' San Francisco Chronicle Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

From the Upper West Side to Miami's pastel resorts, "Shadows on the Hudson" traces the intertwined destiny of survivors in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

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

Gimpel The Fool to The Letter Writer.

The Manor and The Estate—combined in this one-volume edition—bold tales of Polish Jews in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change that enabled the Jewish community to move from the ghetto to prominent positions within Polish society.

In an age of darkness Poland lives under the iron fist of Krol Rudy until their leader, returns with the knowledge of an outside civilised world.

En 1985, la télévision suédoise fait se rencontrer pour la première fois deux écrivains majeurs du XXème siècle : Issac Bashevis Singer et Anthony Burgess. Les questions de la journaliste portant sur l''Apocalypse, l''extase, le Mal, le libre arbitre, les origines et la question du récit, conduisent les deux écrivains à évoquer leurs univers religieux respectifs, le judaïsme et le catholicisme. Tandis que Burgess parle de son enfance, de ses livres (notamment Orange mécanique), du Mal et de Satan, Singer parle de Dieu, de la littérature, du yiddish ; on assiste là à la plus improbable des rencontres entre deux monstres sacrés de la littérature.

Presents a new, recently discovered, posthumously published novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Certificate and The King of the Fields. 20,000 first printing.

In het Polen van de 17e eeuw wordt een jood na een pogrom als slaaf verkocht.

En håbefuld, ung forfatter får i mellemkrigstidens Warszawa valget mellem et nyt, frit liv i USA eller at forblive tro mod sin polsk-jødiske rod på trods af den truende krig.

Singer's late novel, a magical and resonant fable, recreates the birth of the Polish nation. Through the compelling figure of Cybula, defeated leader of a tribe of hunter-gatherers, it explores the moment when prehistory dissolved into history, superstitions became tinged with skepticism, and men began to turn from many gods towards one god.

Autobiographical stories of the author's memories of his youth in Poland. Photographs.

This a selection of forty-seven stories chosen by the [Nobel-Prize-winning] author from eight prior collections [1957-1981].

These stories with Jews as central characters range in locale from Europe and the Middle East to America.