The slave / a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer ; translated from the Yiddish by the author and Cecil Hemley.

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In 17th-century Poland, a poor Jewish yeshiva teacher marries and converts a gentle peasant girl--against Judaic, Christian, and Polish law. Translated from the Yiddish.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ḳnekhṭ. English
Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
Other Authors: Hemley, Cecil (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Yiddish
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1962]
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Jews > Poland > 17th century > Fiction.
Antisemitism > Fiction.
Conversion > Judaism > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:311 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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