The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories [Hardcover]

Singer< Isaac Bashevis (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Library; 1st trade ed edition (1988)
• ISBN-10: 0224025880
• ISBN-13: 978-0224025881
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,266,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars METHUSELAH'S CHILDREN, July 18, 2000

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Bonita L. Davis - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Mass Market Paperback)

Master story teller Isaac Bashevis Singer regales us once again with this remarkable collection of short stories. Woe to those who are faint of heart or have inflexible moral standards. His stories are sure to give you a coronary as you are confronted with issues of blasphemy, debauchery, mystery and intrigue. Singer assaults the whole of human fickleness in his tales.

Yet his tales are not all sordid. In "The Bitter Truth" we see a man's loyalty to his friend over-rides a secret that could spell disaster. "House Friend" will have you laughing at the mere concept of a friend having sexual relations with another friend's wife with full hearted encouragement from the friend. Go figure? Singer's stories are down to earth and deal with the varied human negativities that we display unashamedly. God's presence is very much in the foreground of the stories as the characters stuggle with their own ethical isssues. Despite the fact that we as a human race can be sordid, the collection as a whole points out that we are redeemable and can display the best of ourselves. Laugh, cry, become shocked and fearful as you enter the complexities of humanity through the eyes of Singer. No collection of his is complete without this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the Title Story Alone, January 15, 2008

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J. Axtell "music hobby" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Death of Methuselah: and Other Stories (Paperback)

The Death of Methuselah, the title story, is one of the best short stories I've ever read. It deals with the hallucinatory last moments of Methuselah. The reader is taken taken on a trip through Jewish and Mesopotamian mythology, a trip brought on by Methuselah's lusting for Naamah the she-devil, consort of Asmodeus.

3.0 out of 5 stars book did not come, August 31, 2010

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