Scum

by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1991FictionDeathJewsJewish menSons

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FictionDeathJewsJewish menSonsCrime

First published 1991

Setting

ArgentinaPoland

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

Author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

First published

1991

Pages

217

Read time

≈ 5h

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Language

English

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux

ISBN

9780374529079

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