Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus: And Other Stories
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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A collection of short stories which explores the humor and life of the people of Poland.Tags
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The stories in this collection are a mix of retellings of folk stories from his childhood, along with a couple of autobiographical pieces. The title story is about Naftali, who gives up a potential career in commerce in order to bring storybooks to children in remote villages. He delivers his books in a wagon pulled by his faithful horse, Sus, until the two of them are too old to continue and retire on the estate of a wealthy and educated man. These stories reflect a bit of the author's personal interests (kindness to animals, science, and the cabal), but are not as surreal as the stories which he created in other collections. Six of the eight stories were translated to English by his nephew, Joseph Singer.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. (Publisher Provided) Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in Radzymin, Poland on July 14, 1904. He received a traditional Jewish education, including training at the rabbinical seminary in Warsaw. He show more began writing in Hebrew while he worked for 10 years as a proofreader and translator in Warsaw. In 1935, he immigrated to New York, where he became a journalist for the Daily Forward, America's largest Yiddish newspaper. Most of his stories were originally published in this newspaper in serial form. His first novel, The Family Moskat, was published in 1950. His other works include The Magician of Lublin, The Spinoza of Market Street, The Slave, and A Friend of Kafka. A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw won the National Book Award for children's literature. He received numerous awards during his lifetime including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978 and the Gold Medal for Fiction in 1989. He died after suffering a series of strokes on July 24, 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
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- 808.83 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Literature Collections Collections of fiction
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- PZ7 .S6167 .N — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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