The Penitent
$43.27
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
4 October 2018
Summary
A powerful story about a man’s discovery of faith and identity after his escape from Nazi persecution in Poland
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 Juda…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141391571 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014139157X |
| Author: | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 4 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 137g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power
Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power * The New York Times *Singer is a master storyteller * Chicago Tribune Book World *
About The Author
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Born in 1902, Isaac Bashevis Singer grew up among fellow Jewish families in Poland. In response to the growing Nazi threat in neighbouring Germany, Singer emigrated to America. Settling in New York, he worked as a journalist for a Yiddish-language newspaper, The Forward. Singer was insistent that even after the Second World War, a wide audience remained for Yiddish texts, and each of his novels were originally written in his native language. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Since Singer’s death on July 24 1991 his name has been used in honour for a street in Surfside, Florida, and for the full academic scholarship for undergraduate studies at the University of Miami.
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