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A vital collection of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish essays on Jewish culture and identity during the Holocaust years.Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt unveils a crucial period in the Nobel laureate's work, showcasing his reflections on Jewish life, Yiddish language, and the looming shadow of the Holocaust. Translated and edited by David Stromberg, these essays, originally penned for a Yiddish-speaking audience, offer a unique window into Singer's evolving thoughts on tradition, modernity, and the role of the writer in times of crisis.
This collection provides:

• Insightful commentary on Jewish identity, religious practice, and cultural preservation.
• Historical context for understanding Singer's later fiction.
• A poignant exploration of loss, resilience, and the enduring power of the human spirit.

For readers of Jewish literature, cultural history, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Isaac Bashevis Singer's multifaceted genius, this volume is a must-read.

"This collection reaches beyond Singer's later-in-life persona as an avuncular Yiddish man of letters to reveal a complicated writer who was unafraid to display unsanitized emotion and be as provocative in his nonfiction as he was in his fiction. It's a boon for Singer's admirers and newcomers alike."
― Publishers Weekly

"Sheds light on the early, developmental years of the young, passionate writer."
― Kirkus Reviews

"A solid collection of Yiddish thought from an esteemed writer, at a pivotal time in Jewish history."
― Library Journal

"This spellbinding collection of essays, written with raw urgency in the Shoah's shadow, offers a new view not just of Bashevis Singer's worldly and other‐worldly tilts but of a Yiddishkeit pumping with great vitality through literary conduits."
― Benjamin Balint, author of Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History

"Perhaps the first book in English of Singer's writings to get fully out from under his very compelling, very successful self-presentation and show us the man himself, responding to the Holocaust in real-time and in the vigorous, straightforward language of the newspapers. The great writer's storytelling power repeatedly bursts through, while Stromberg's insightful headnotes give us a kind of biography of Singer in the war years while revealing much about the roots of Singer's later art."
― Damion Searls, author of "A Guide to Isaac Bashevis Singer"; translator of Hans Keilson, Comedy in a Minor Key and 1944 Diary, and Jon Fosse, Septology

"...we experience Singer's shock and agony, as he helplessly watches a complex and rich cultural world—his world—die."
― Helen Schulman, Public Seminar

"...over time, Singer developed a persona for himself as the sole living inheritor and caretaker of authentic Yiddishkeit. This strategy turned out to be a successful one, especially in the eyes of his English-speaking readers. Thanks to Stromberg's translations, we can see the first signs of Singer's evolution into this role."
― Mikhail Krutikov, Forverts

"...a fascinating window onto the writer and the time period, and will be considered essential for any serious reader of Singer's work."
― Rokhl Kafrissen, Tablet