| The Family Moskat Contributor(s): Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Author), Gross, A. H. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374530645 ISBN-13: 9780374530648 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: 839.133 |
| LCCN: 2006938882 |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.86" W x 8.24" (1.13 lbs) 624 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War. |
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. |