The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
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Singer's Finest Novel,
By Adam (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Family Moskat: A Novel (Paperback)
This is a warm, multi-generation story about a large Jewish family in Warsaw and in my view Singer's finest novel. The focus is on the human relationships within the family, magnificently and movingly described; but the novel's edge comes from the constant intrusion of grim outside reality, the tormented history of Poland between the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the second-world-war Nazi storming of the Warsaw Ghetto. Counterpoint between inner and outer reality, between public and private life, between flesh and spirit, makes this book not just another family saga but a statement about Jewish (and non-Jewish) humanity at large. In that, "The Family Muskat" is characteristic of Singer's work - it is his universality, not his particularity, which makes him one of the most respected writers in modern times.
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An exceptionaly powerfula nd moving book,
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This review is from: The Family Moskat (Mass Market Paperback)
A powerful tale of a Jewish family over several genrations ending with the German army at the gates of warsaw and the destruction of the vibrant Jewish communities in Warsaw close at hand.An in depths description of the life of the Jews in Poland over the last century writen in a highly realistic unsentimental style but with a certain affection on the part of the author. Better than any history textbook.
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One of his best,
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This review is from: Family Moskat (Mass Market Paperback)
Back in the 70s I read whatever was available by Singer. This was one of the first, and my favorite. I love long, involved stories with lots of characters. I don't remember much about any of his stories because it's been over 20 years since I read them, but I remember my impressions. I prefer all his stories that take place in Poland over those that are set in US. The textures are different. I found the North American based tales to be somewhat interesting, but the characters were less appealing. I think his feel for the European context was stronger in him, and was conveyed with more warmth than the American contexts.
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Five years after the death of his second wife Reb Meshulam Moskat married for a third time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asa Heshel, Rosa Frumetl, Moshe Gabriel, Reb Meshulam, Hertz Yanovar, Meshulam Moskat, Tereshpol Minor, Reb Dan, Uncle Abram, Menassah David, Queen Esther, Abram Shapiro, Leon the Peddler, Motie the Red, New York, Isador Oxenburg, Saxon Gardens, Chaim Leib, David Krupnick, Ida Prager, Israel Eli, Marshalkovska Street, Zeinvele Srotsker, Yom Kippur, Fishel Kutner New!
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Five years after the death of his second wife Reb Meshulam Moskat married for a third time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asa Heshel, Rosa Frumetl, Moshe Gabriel, Reb Meshulam, Hertz Yanovar, Meshulam Moskat, Tereshpol Minor, Reb Dan, Uncle Abram, Menassah David, Queen Esther, Abram Shapiro, Leon the Peddler, Motie the Red, New York, Isador Oxenburg, Saxon Gardens, Chaim Leib, David Krupnick, Ida Prager, Israel Eli, Marshalkovska Street, Zeinvele Srotsker, Yom Kippur, Fishel Kutner New!
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