Isaac Bashevis Singer, the magician of West 86th Street
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Isaac Bashevis Singer, the magician of West 86th Street
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number920/0071
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]01516
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Dial Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1979
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]441p.,index,bibliography,photographs
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0803736967
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This biography illuminates the man and his work. It recreates Singer's boyhood in the Jewish ghettoes of Poland, his struggles as a Yiddish writer, his emigration to America and his ultimate success as a world-renowned author.