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Title: The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-374-51788-6 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Short stories from the master
Comment: Welcome to Isaac's world. His short stories take you through his life in New York City, back to Poland, and far back to the villages of his ancestors. It's a world of the occult, imps around every corner, and religeon as a part of daily life.
Reading his stories is like getting grandfather's tales about the old country. A little bit spooky, a little bit comforting, and quite a bit nostalgic.
Although Jews will probably understand more of the historical references, the stories are well written enough for a broad audience. Perhaps this reader's only regret is not being able to read them in their original Yiddish. The translations are done by an all star cast including Saul Bellow, but perhaps nothing beats the original.
Rating: 4
Summary: Too dark for bedtime reading
Comment: I gave this collection of short stories as a housewarming gift. My friend says that this is not bedtime reading, so, WARNING, this collection of short stories can promote nightmares! However, she states that in the daytime, the stories are excellent.
Rating: 5
Summary: You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love "The Collected Stories"
Comment: It almost feels like a guilty pleasure, reading these stories and enjoying them so much. No self-willed stylistic twitchings, no self-conscious twisting and burnishing of sentences or opacity. Pure brilliance, sentence by sentence and, more important, story by story, is what the collection comprises. Somehow, Singer writes page turners that gratify the heart as much as the head. Even if you're a fan of post-modern ironists, take a look at these stories. You'll probably love them. And you don't have to have a working knowledge or, or interest in, Judaism. Beware, however. Disaffection for this collection is a strong indication of a mind in search of a soul.
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Title: Stories for Children by Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0374464898 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 October, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cecil Hemley ISBN: 0374506809 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Enemies, A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0374515220 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0374505926 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Maurice Sendak, Elizabeth Shub ISBN: 0064401472 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: October, 1984 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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