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The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer
19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguins
'He scampered over rooftops, swam in deep water, leapt from balconies.' Set in the vanished world of the shtetl of nineteenth-century eastern Europe, this spellbinding fable tells the story of Yasha: magician, mesmerist, juggler, sword swallower, master of escape - and breaker of hearts.
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Jacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. They begin a secret affair, trying to avoid the cruelty of the other villagers, until one day Jacob's fortunes ...Show more
The Slave : A Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer
16.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
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 com ...Show more
Why Noah Chose the Dove by Isaac Bashevis Singer
12.99 AUD
Category: Childrens
"Noah was a righteous man," says Isaac Bashevis Singer, so he and his family were to be saved from the flood. But rumor had it that only the best of all living creatures were to be taken aboard the Ark with Noah. In "Why Noah Chose the Dove," a fresh and lively approach to the age-old account, Isaac Bas ...Show more
Yentl the Yeshiva Boy and Other Stories (including Short Friday) by Isaac Bashevis Singer
27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
First published as Short Friday and Other Stories, Singer's 1965 collection presents a profoundly gifted writer who can deftly immerse the reader in a rich sensory experience of both bygone and modern life. The collection features some of Singer's most provocative early stories, including "Blood," "Taib ...Show more
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
28.95 AUD
Category: Childrens
'[A] delightful and distinguished book [of seven tales] from middle European folklore [by the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature].' 'BL. 1967 Newbery Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940-1970 (ALA)1966 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966-1978 (SLJ ...Show more