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The Family Moskat
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Description for The Family Moskat
Paperback. In the years between the dawn of the twentieth century and the dark days of 1939, the Moskat family battled on. But like many Jewish families in Poland they can no longer turn a blind eye to the dwindling of their fortunes. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 528.
In the topsy-turvy years between the dawn of the twentieth century and the dark days of 1939, the Moskat family battled on. But like many Jewish families in Poland they can no longer turn a blind eye to the dwindling of their fortunes. In Warsaw, where saints mingle with swindlers, tough Zionists argue with mystic philosophers, and medieval rabbis rub shoulders with ultra-modern painters, life is inexorably changing. Secularism and war inch nearer and the family Moskat clings on.
In the topsy-turvy years between the dawn of the twentieth century and the dark days of 1939, the Moskat family battled on. But like many Jewish families in Poland they can no longer turn a blind eye to the dwindling of their fortunes. In Warsaw, where saints mingle with swindlers, tough Zionists argue with mystic philosophers, and medieval rabbis rub shoulders with ultra-modern painters, life is inexorably changing. Secularism and war inch nearer and the family Moskat clings on.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285489
SKU
V9780099285489
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About Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1904, in Poland, the son of a rabbi. Fleeing fascism in 1935, he emigrated to America, penniless and knowing little English. 'I think that the whole of human history is one big Holocaust,' he said in 1987, when asked why there was no direct mention of the Holocaust in his fiction. 'It is not ... Read more
Reviews for The Family Moskat
A masterpiece, a triumph of realism, precisely finished, exactly located, a miraculous marriage of accuracy and imagination
Sunday Times
A loving and detailed portrait of Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
Globe & Mail
His greatest work.
Ian Samson
Guardian '1000 novels everyone must read'
Whatever region his writing inhabits, it ... Read more
Sunday Times
A loving and detailed portrait of Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
Globe & Mail
His greatest work.
Ian Samson
Guardian '1000 novels everyone must read'
Whatever region his writing inhabits, it ... Read more