THE SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET (FIRST UK EDITION) - SINGER, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Hardback. English. Secker & Warburg. 1962. ISBN:. 214pp. In good condition. In protective plastic; ex libris inside, Mild foxing in prelims.Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in 1904 in Poland and came to the United States in 1935. His remarkable works began appearing in English in the 1950s. They include Satan in Goray (1955), Gimpel, The Fool (1957, and The Slave (1962), all of which are available in Avon editions. Time said of The Spinoza of Market Street: "Isaac Singer creates a world so fresh, so full of the beat and cries of astonishing life that he can fairly be called one of the few originals now writing." Newsweek said: "The Jewish folklore world of Isaac Bashevis Singer is haunted by Dybbuks, demons, and hard luck. Few are the ways of happiness in this life, as Singer paints it, and fewer still the paths that lead to redemption in the next. Thanks to the magic of Singer's artistry, however, there is no want of variety either in mood or meaning." The New York Times said: "He is the most brilliant living representative of the Yiddish language in prose and one of the important contemporary writers in America. Book No: 45784