Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945

WRITINGS ON YIDDISH AND YIDDISHKAYT: THE WAR YEARS, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate's Yiddish and English oeuvre. Knowing that a whole world, a whole way of life, a whole cultural treasure bound up with Yiddish and Yiddishkayt--that they were all going up in flames before his very eyes--was crushing for Singer, driving him to put pen to paper and write. His wartime writing--appearing in an intensely urgent tone--sought to record not only the customs but also the immediacy of the loss that was taking place at that very moment.

Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher: White Goat Press
Published: 11/14/2023
Pages: 181
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9798988677307
ISBN10: 8988677307
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Judaism | Rituals & Practice
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting
- Literary Collections | Essays