The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer：A Library of America Collector's Edition Boxed Set
- 作者
- 出版社 Library of America
- 出版时间 2015年9月
- ISBN 9781598534559
- 定价 784.60
内容简介
Nowinadeluxeboxedset，TheLibraryofAmerica'sthree-volumecollector'seditionofthebelovedNobelPrize-winningwriterandmasterstoryteller.FirstpubishedtenyearsagotomarkthecentennialofthebirthofIsaacBashevisSinger，oneoftenAmericanwriterstobeawardedtheNobelPrizeandperhapsthemostinfluentialandbelovedJewishAmericanauthor，IsaacBashevisSinger：TheCollectedStoriesisnowreissuedinadeluxeboxedset.Beginningwith"GimpeltheFool，"whosetitlestorybroughtSingertoprominenceinAmericawhentranslatedfromYiddishbySaulBellowin1953，andconcludingwith"TheDeathofMethuselah，"thecollectionpublishedthreeyearsbeforehisdeathin1991，thisthree-volumeeditionbringstogetherforthefirsttimeallthestorycollectionsSingerpublishedinEnglishintheversionshecalledhis"secondoriginals"—translationshesupervisedandcollaboratedonhimself，revisingasheworked.Inaddition，CollectedStoriesincludesthirteenpreviouslyuncollectedstoriesfromtheRansomCenterarchives.Herearenearly200storiesinall—thefullrangeofSinger'svisionencompassingOldWorldshtetlandNewWorldexile.BorninPolandin1904intoafamilyofrabbis，SingerwasraisedinthetraditionalculturethatwastobeannihilatedduringWorldWarII，andhishauntingstoriestestifytotherichnessofthatvanishedworld.Singer'sOldWorldstoriesrevealawild，mischievous，oftendisturbingsupernaturalismevocativeofbothlocalstorytellingtraditionsanddarkundercurrentsbornofSinger'sownconcernsandobsessions.Asaspecialfeature，theboxedsetalsoincludesIsaacBashevisSinger：AnAlbum，acompactillustratedbiographyaccompaniedbyappreciationsofandanecdotesaboutSingerfromsomeoftoday'sleadingwriters，includingCynthiaOzick，JonathanSafranFoer，FrancineProse，NicholasDawidoff，andJoyceCarolOates，amongothers.
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