Der Knecht
2007Yiddish literatureFictionJewsContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, short stories (single author)
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A single bird call began the day.
About this book
In 1648, when the Cossack leader Bogdan Chmielnitski led an uprising against the aristocratic leaders of Poland, hundreds of thousands of Jews, caught between the rival armies, were slaughtered or enslaved. For Jacob, a Jew, and Wanda, a Christian, to fall in love in the wake of "The Great Catastrophe" was unthinkable to both their communities.
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Yiddish literatureFictionJewsContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, short stories (single author)Jiddisch
First published 2007Setting
Poland17th century
About the author
Isaac Bashevis Singer
November 21, 1902 – July 24, 1991
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1978. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
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