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By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Vanguard Pr
1976-01
Biblical accounts abound in this John Steinbeck novel revolving around the turn of the century Californians - on a tale loosely based upon relatives or neighbors of the relatives of the author's heritage.
East of Eden is the quite simply where Cain - of Cain and Abel fame - was exiled. The two stories within this tome are of Adam and Charles Trask, and the sons of Adam - Caleb and Aaron... more
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| 2. YOSHE KALB (Schocken classics) | 
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By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Schocken Books
March 12, 1988
The atmosphere of decay is almost palpable. It is a dark netherworld where suppressed human desires mingle with ghosts and demons. Yoshe Kalb makes me laugh aloud with the pleasure of its creepy strangeness and intensity and especially its delicious ending. It became a favorite play of the Yiddish Theatre and one can easily see how. ... more
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| 3. FAMILY CARNOVSKY (Schocken classics) |
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By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Schocken
March 12, 1988
I bought this book as a present to my brother in law, since I read it and it is quite an impressive book.
Tells the story of the Jewish people with wide view of time and location.
It feels so true...
By the way his brothers (Isaac) book the slave is recommended as well (one of the best books I ever read... more
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| 4. The brothers Ashkenazi |
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By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Atheneum
1980
I.J. Singer's Brothers is a compendium of the Jewish experience in 20th century Europe. The full compliment of elements are here that we have come to expect in a Yiddish novel that deals with the breakdown of traditional Jewish life. Very similar to Buddenbrooks and other novels of a family's decline, the Brothers seems to view history as essentially degenerating; in the end, we are left without... more
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| 5. Of a World That Is No More |
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By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Faber & Faber
1987-06
Here, the elder Singer writes the memoir of his youth. For fans of his younger brother, the contrast between his memoir, In My Father's Court, and Of a World That is No More, is stark. For both the elder and younger Singer, their father's rabbinical court is an arena to investigate human nature. But they both come away with different world views. For the younger, the past is enveloped in a mist... more
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| 6. Di Brider Ashkenaz | |
By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: National Yiddish Book Center
January 01, 1999
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| 7. Die Familie Karnovski. | |
By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt
December 01, 1999
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| 8. Josche Kalb. | |
By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Zsolnay
January 01, 1999
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| 9. River Breaks Up | |
By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Vanguard Press
1976-06
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| 10. Steel and iron;: A novel | |
By: Israel Joshua Singer
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
1969
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