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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) is widely recognized as the most popular Yiddish writer of the twentieth century, but although he was a very public and outgoing figure, much about his personal life remains unknown. Singer was able to recreate the lost world of Jewish Eastern Europe and also to describe the immigrant experience in America. Drawing heavily upon folklore, his work is noted for its mystical strain, but he was also concerned with the...
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"The first general-interest biography of the legendary editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, the newspaper of Yiddish-speaking immigrants that inspired, educated, and entertained millions of readers; helped redefine journalism during its golden age; and transformed American culture"--Dust jacket flap.
15) Mayn leḳsiḳon
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Aroysgegeben fun A Ḳomiṭeṭ in Monṭreʼal
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1945-1982
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Yiddish
18) Lost in America
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Doubleday
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1981
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English
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Singer, a Nobel Prize-winning author, reminisces about his leaving his friends in Poland in the 1930's, his coming to America to join his brother in New York, and his experiences in this strange new land.