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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374529094

ISBN-139780374529093

eBay Product ID (ePID)6049669

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Book TitleMeshugah : a Novel

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicMagical Realism, Literary, Jewish

GenreFiction

AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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ReviewsEver the consummate storyteller, Singer understands that there is a bit of God and the devil in everyone and that passion cannot be explained., One would have to be meshugah (that is, cuckoo, crazy) not to celebrate the publication of this brief tragicomic novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer., "One would have to be meshugah (that is, cuckoo, crazy) not to celebrate the publication of this brief tragicomic novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer." -- The New York Times "Extraordinary ... The novel's title (Yiddish for crazy) evokes Singer's pessimistic vision of the world as an insane asylum, but also conveys something of the manic energy he brings to a deceptively comic tale that distills his marvelous storytelling gifts." -- Publishers Weekly "Ever the consummate storyteller, Singer understands that there is a bit of God and the devil in everyone and that passion cannot be explained." -- Library Journal, Extraordinary ... The novel's title (Yiddish for crazy) evokes Singer's pessimistic vision of the world as an insane asylum, but also conveys something of the manic energy he brings to a deceptively comic tale that distills his marvelous storytelling gifts., "One would have to be meshugah (that is, cuckoo, crazy) not to celebrate the publication of this brief tragicomic novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer." -- The New York Times "Extraordinary ... The novel's title (Yiddish for crazy) evokes Singer's pessimistic vision of the world as an insane asylum, but also conveys something of the manic energy he brings to a deceptively comic tale that distills his marvelous storytelling gifts." -- Publishers Weekly "Ever the consummate storyteller, Singer understands that there is a bit of God and the devil in everyone and that passion cannot be explained." -- Library Journal

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal839/.0933

SynopsisMeshugah, Singer's third posthumous novel, is an impressive work which the author published serially in 1981 - 83. It concerns Holocaust survivors in New York in the early 1950s. The story is narrated by Aaron Greidinger, who finds himself inextricably invloved with a group of refugees on the Upper West Side., "A gem...another enthralling story from this master of fiction."-Booklist. A saga of romantic tangles among Holocaust survivors in early 1950s New York City.