The Manor and the Estate
Published on 31. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
830 pages
978-0-299-20544-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
""The Manor is an epic of Polish Jewry and of the mystery of human hope . . . a great book."" -The Boston Globe|""What he has achieved [in The Estate] is a sense of impetuousness, the fury, the bursting energy in the hearts of these Jews. . . . Tragedy is followed by new sorrows; joy by new joys.""-Newsday
|""The author's apparently inexhaustible psychological fantasy and insight have created a microcosm, or rather a well-populated micro-chaos, out of independent and graphically convincing figures."" -Professor Lars Gyllensten, Les Prix Nobel, 1978
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
923 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-20544-7 (9780299205447)
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Person
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) is the author of Satan in Goray, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories, and numerous novels and collections of stories. Born in Poland, he moved to the United States in the 1930s and worked for years for The Jewish Daily Forward. His oeuvre has been translated into dozens of languages and adapted for radio, film, and theater. He also wrote profusely for children.