The Slave
of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cecil Hemley (Translator)
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, Jacob nonetheless stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320 pages
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication Date October 1st 1988
- First Publication 10/28/62
- Language English
- ISBN 9780374506803
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Poland']
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