Book #18017

Enemies, A Love Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Book #18017 Enemies, A Love Story - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972.
ISBN: 0374148309

A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket showing a little wrinkling on spine.

This is the story of a love affair between a Hasidic Jew and a Polish Catholic girl. They are enemies, but they fall in love nonetheless. The relationship is forbidden, but they continue to defy society and defy the odds. The story is ultimately tragic, but it is also a story of true love.; 8vo.

Price: $120.00

Author Bio

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer (born November 21, 1902 in Leoncin, Congress Poland) was a Jewish author noted for his short stories. He is known as one of the leading figures of the Yiddish literary movement. Some of his works include Gimpel the Fool, Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, and The Golem . Singer received the Nobel Prize in 1978 for his “impassioned narrative art”. He died on July 24, 1991 in Surfside, Florida.