| The Certificate Contributor(s): Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Author), Wolf, Leonard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374529345 ISBN-13: 9780374529345 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: David Bendiner, a young writer and secularized Jew, has qualified to emigrate from Warsaw to Palestine, but he's broke, and in order to make the journey, he must enter into a fictitious marriage with a prosperous woman eager to get there. Grappling with romantic, political and philosophical turmoil, David must also confront his faith when his father, an Orthodox rabbi, shows up in Warsaw. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92054527 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: David Bendiner, a young writer and secularized Jew, has qualified to emigrate from Warsaw to Palestine, but he's broke, and in order to make the journey, he must enter into a fictitious marriage with a prosperous woman eager to get there. Grappling with romantic, political and philosophical turmoil, David must also confront his faith when his father, an Orthodox rabbi, shows up in Warsaw. |
Contributor Bio(s): Singer, Isaac Bashevis: - Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. His books include The Slave and Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. |