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| Original Title: | דאר קנעכט |
| ISBN: | 0374506809 (ISBN13: 9780374506803) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Jewish Book Award for Fiction (1963) |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.19 | 2598 Users | 229 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Slave |
| Author | : | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1988 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1962) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Jewish. Classics. Cultural. Poland |
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Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a Gentile wife and by the difficulties of concealing her identity, Jacob nonetheless stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple.
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Ratings: 4.19 From 2598 Users | 229 ReviewsComment On Of Books The Slave
Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Cecil Hemley Description: Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a Gentile wife and by the difficulties of concealing her identity,I've read so many novels and short stories revolving around Love that I've convinced myself that the subject matter can no longer be written in new ways. But I.B. Singer's "The Slave" proved me wrong. Despite knowing that there is much pain and sorrow in between the pages I kept on reading because, somehow, I knew that there would be a happy ending well earned. It isn't the kind of love story wherein the couple exists within their own small world. In between the pages are lessons and insights on
Theme: Continue to be Jewish after the Holocaust. The Slave is really about the Holocaust. The question that is raised is: Does God really exist? And is it worthwhile to stay Jewish?Jews didn't fight back, they were not violent, they were spiritual. It's a parallel history like The Crucible (Arthur Miller). Miller was afraid of being punished (McCarthyism). For Singer it would have been too painful to write about the Holocaust. He had lost his family and he could only deal with that indirectly.
Better as Short StoriesEverything Singer wrote is creatively interesting with the added depth of historical context, but these components are unable to salvage this novel, which is repetitive, includes too many anecdotes and minor details about Jewish and Polish peasant life that distract from the main story, and becomes boring as Joseph constantly torments himself how to justify his passion for a gentile woman. The intriguing details about Polish peasant superstitions and licentious behavior
Once again Isaac Bashevis Singer' storytelling has arrested and spellbound me. I found this an intensely beautiful book. Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a Jewish slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his gentile master's daughter. Jacob is ransomed, and freed from his years of enforced slavery only to find it succeeded by another sort of slavery that would last as long as he lived. He is stunned by the
This is a stunning work. I can't do it justice. But I'll try with what enfeebled abilities I have. But first the whole story I got this book and took too long to read it.I first became a "serious reader" in my mid to late high school years. I remember it was George Orwell and Anthony Burgess who, first, introduced to me the idea that books could be more than just fodder thrown by unfulfilled public school teachers at a sneering and half conscious student body to keep them busy and adhere to
What a book and what a style of writing ! A story of an oddly matched couple in the 17th century Poland will make you wonder (among other things) about the morality, religious dogmas and the ways you are "supposed to" live and love and the ways you actually want to live.
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