In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Advice seekers and petitioners making wills or seeking marriage settlements daily visit the rabbi in his study. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle, learned father and his mother, equally pious but eminently practical, maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. In My Father's Court is a tribute to their efforts, and a fine evocation of life in early-twentieth century Warsaw.
| ISBN: | 9780099422662 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2001 |
| Author: | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 307 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers European history |
In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Advice seekers and petitioners making wills or seeking marriage settlements daily visit the rabbi in his study. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle, learned father and his mother, equally pious but eminently practical, maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. In My Father's Court is a tribute to their efforts, and a fine evocation of life in early-twentieth century Warsaw.
In My Father's Court features in the following genres: Autobiography: writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, European history
In My Father's Court is available in Paperback
In My Father's Court was written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
In My Father's Court has 307 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
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