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A CROWN OF FEATHERS AND OTHER STORIES [SIGNED]
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374132178
- ISBN 13
- 9780374132170
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 342 pages; VG/VG; in black dust jacket, black spine with yellow and orange titling; mild rubbing and wear, particularly to head and tail of spine, small closed tears; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$8.95'; newsprint staining to the ffep;
Inscribed on the ffep by Isaac Bashevis Singer, "For Rachel / with my love and / admiration / Isaac"
JM consignment; shelved Case 6. Rachel MacKenzie was a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1956 through 1979. Known for nurturing the careers of such literary giants as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saul Bellow, she also had a correspondence with Muriel Spark and encouraged her to submit to the New Yorker
Charles McGrath, former writer and editor for The New Yorker, writes "MacKenzie was a bluestocking, a former college professor, who had a discerning eye for talent (she more or less discovered Isaac Singer and was a supporter of the young Philip Roth)..."
This collection of stories contains 24 stories, 14 of which first appeared in The New Yorker, including the title story. It shared the 1974 National Book Award for Fiction with Thomas Pynchon, and Singer went on to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. 1328426. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Inscribed on the ffep by Isaac Bashevis Singer, "For Rachel / with my love and / admiration / Isaac"
JM consignment; shelved Case 6. Rachel MacKenzie was a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1956 through 1979. Known for nurturing the careers of such literary giants as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saul Bellow, she also had a correspondence with Muriel Spark and encouraged her to submit to the New Yorker
Charles McGrath, former writer and editor for The New Yorker, writes "MacKenzie was a bluestocking, a former college professor, who had a discerning eye for talent (she more or less discovered Isaac Singer and was a supporter of the young Philip Roth)..."
This collection of stories contains 24 stories, 14 of which first appeared in The New Yorker, including the title story. It shared the 1974 National Book Award for Fiction with Thomas Pynchon, and Singer went on to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. 1328426. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
I saac Bashevis Singer was an author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1978. His novel, A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories won the National Book Award in 1974. Isaac Bashevis Singer is a unique writer whose characters in this multi-storied book are varied and typically intend to do right, but often find themselves unable to understand and decipher the world around them. In the title story, a beautiful and talented orphan is brought up by her pious and wealthy grandfather. In her sleep she hears her dead grandmother telling her that she should look for proof that Christ is the son of God by opening her pillow for the sign. She finds a crown of feathers topped by a cross. She changes religions, becoming a Catholic instead of a Jew and marrying a Polish squire. Later she finds out that it was the voice of the devil who was impersonating her grandmother. Singer is an extraordinary writer who draws the reader in with his beautiful prose and his vivid characterizations.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1328426
- Title
- A CROWN OF FEATHERS AND OTHER STORIES [SIGNED]
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0374132178
- ISBN 13
- 9780374132170
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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