SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS - Elijah the Slave a Hebrew Legend Retold

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning edge wear, nicking and rubbing along with some beginning toning and wear to the front flap edge. "In Elijah the Slave, the winner of the 1970 National Book Award for children's literature retells a Hebrew legend with vivid simplicity and an internationally respected artist interprets it with a sincerity and fresh vision reminiscent of medieval art. Elijah, a messenger from God, sells himself as a slave to help Tobias, a poor, faithful scribe." Singer won the National Book Award for 1970 for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw. "Singer believed in the power of his native language and thought that there was still a large audience, including in New York, who longed to read in Yiddish. In an interview in Encounter (February 1979) , he claimed that although the Jews of Poland had died, "something—call it spirit or whatever—is still somewhere in the universe. This is a mystical kind of feeling, but I feel there is truth in it." Some of his colleagues and readers were shocked by his all-encompassing view of human nature. He wrote about female homosexuality ("Zeitl and Rickel", "Tseytl un Rikl") , published in The Seance and Other Stories) , transvestism ("Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" in Short Friday) , and of rabbis corrupted by demons ("Zeidlus the Pope" in Short Friday). In those novels and stories which refer to events in his own life, he portrays himself unflatteringly (with some degree of accuracy) as an artist who is self-centered yet has a keen eye for the sufferings and tribulations of others.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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