Old Truths And New Cliches Av Isaac Bashevis Singer

From the Nobel Prize¿winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays Old Truths and New Clich¿collects nineteen essays¿most of them previously unpublished in English¿by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work¿including the literary arts, Yiddish and Jewish life, and mysticism and philosophy¿the book illuminates in new ways the rich intellectual, aesthetic, religious, and biographical background of Singer¿s singular achievement as the first Yiddish-language author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Like a modern Montaigne, Singer studied human nature and created a body of work that contributed to a deeper understanding of the human spirit. Much of his philosophical thought was funneled into his stories. Yet these essays, which Singer himself translated

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Old Truths And New Cliches Av Isaac Bashevis Singer

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