Status
Available
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Collection
Genres
Pages
x; 307
Description
Like Isaac Bashevis Singer's fiction, this poignant memoir of his childhood in the household and rabbinical court of his father is full of spirits and demons, washerwomen and rabbis, beggars and rich men. This rememberance of Singer's pious father, his rational yet adoring mother, and the never-ending parade of humanity that marched through their home is a portrait of a magnificent writer's childhood self and of the world, now gone, that formed him.
Language
Original publication date
1956
1966 (English)
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Arts and Letters — 1967)
Notable Books List (1966)