Israel Joshua Singer Livres

The dread shadow of Nazism falls upon the Carnovsky family, three generations of Jews who believe themselves totally assimilated into German society. David, who has prospered in "enlightened, civilized" Berlin and considers himself "more German than the Germans", cannot rationalize the momentous events engulfing him. His son Georg, a famous doctor, taught by his father to be "Jewish at home, a German in the street", is stripped of his practice, his possessions, and ultimately his illusions. And his young son Jegor is pulled between his love for the fatherland and the Jewishness he scorns. A tragedy of torn loyalties, this powerful and panoramic novel has become one of the classics of our time.

With a large cast of characters, this is a social novel, a family saga set against the rise of capitalism and of a Jewish bourgeoisie in Lodz. It tells the story, through an interwoven plot, of the clash between old traditions and growing desires.

Based on a popular folk legend. Yoshe Kalb is a brilliant and haunting novel set in nineteenth-century Galicia. Nahum, a naive and sensitive young man, is thrust into the decadent world of corrupt and competing hasidic dynasties when he marries the daughter of a powerful Rabbi. I. J. Singer explores the darker side of hasidic life and the forces of sin and saintliness that vie for Nahum's soul.

Poetry. In this collection of poems, Inge Israel works through Samuel Beckett's letters, his biographies, and his actual plays and novels to probe the imagination that created his artistic works. Arguably the preeminent avant-garde and most influential writer of the 20th century and a legend in his own time, Beckett presents many glaring paradoxes. Beckett was born in a country ruled by the Catholic Church yet raised by a strict and devoutly Protestant mother. He loved the King James Bible and knew long passages of it by heart but did not believe in it. He loved his mother but fought to free himself of her influence. He loved Ireland but left to live in France. He loved the classics yet despaired of language being able to express anything meaningful. He dearly loved to be in the company of close friends yet even in their midst remained a solitary man, almost misanthropic. His outlook was gloomy, but he also had a streak of humor. Israel's poems open a new and remarkable window on this writer of many contradictions.

On the heels of their six-time Academy Award (R)-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar (R)-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures' First Man, the riveting story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the years 1961-1969.

Nejznámější román bratra slavného I. B. Singera byl rovněž zdramatizován a patří k nesporným vrcholům jidiš prózy 20. století. Příběh zbožného mladíka, jenž se na dvoře tyranského cadika proti vlastní vůli zaplete s cadikovou ženou, vyústí v drama lidské identity. Žena umírá a její milenec odchází z rodného kraje, aby se po letech vrátil jako někdo docela jiný, o jehož totožnosti se v náboženské obci vede spor. Ke světovému úspěchu románu přispěla autorova znalost dobových reálií, mistrné líčení atmosféry cadikova dvora, skvěle vykreslené postavy a v neposlední řadě strhující příběh.

Erinnerungen an eine Jugend in dem kleinen polnischen Provinzstädtchen Leoncine: Vom bescheidenen, gläubigen, friedfertigen, der Not abgerungenen Leben, das für die Kinder dennoch ein glückliches und reiches war, von dieser Welt, die nicht mehr ist, da sie grausam vernichtet wurde, berichtet er ganz ohne Sentimentalität, ja heiter – wenn auch in dem Bewußtsein, daß sie unwiederbringlich ist.

Im kulinarischen Paradies des Restaurants Deserve wird ein Gast tot aufgefunden, was die Stammkundschaft unter Verdacht bringt. Während die Polizei ratlos bleibt, nimmt der Koch Basil die Ermittlungen in die Hand. Mit der Präzision eines Kochs setzt er die Puzzlestücke zusammen, um die Unschuld seiner Freunde zu beweisen. Der Spannungsbogen steigt, während die Zeit drängt und Basil versucht, die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Wird er es schaffen, die Geheimnisse zu enthüllen, bevor der Fall einen bitteren Nachgeschmack hinterlässt?