| Enemies, a Love Story Contributor(s): Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374515220 ISBN-13: 9780374515225 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1988 Annotation: Almost before he knows it, Herman Broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Fiction |
| Dewey: 839.093 |
| LCCN: 78189337 |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Almost before he knows it, Herman Broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives: Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Singer, Isaac Bashevis: - Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. His books include The Slave and Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. |