The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel.
He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978..
About the Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children\'s books.
The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War.
All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality.
The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel
