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A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories - [Uniform Title: Short Stories. English. Selections]

A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories - [Uniform Title: Short Stories. English. Selections]

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A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories - [Uniform Title: Short Stories. English. Selections]

by Singer, Isaac Bashevis (1904-1991)

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0374132178
ISBN 13
9780374132170
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Flat-signed with a generic best-wishes inscription. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 342 pages; Description: [7], 342 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991 --Translations into English. Jews--Fiction. Form/Genre: Jewish fiction. Lcsh. Notes: Rev. Translations from Yiddish.

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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
MW Books Ltd. IE (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories - [Uniform Title: Short Stories. English. Selections]
Author
Singer, Isaac Bashevis (1904-1991)
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Fourth Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0374132178
ISBN 13
9780374132170
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1979

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