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| Title | : | The Family Moskat |
| Author | : | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 136 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1988 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1950) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literature. Jewish. Novels. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Poland. Classics |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paperback | Pages: 136 pages Rating: 4.18 | 1289 Users | 100 Reviews
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The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was destroyed forever in the gas chambers of the Second World War.
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| Original Title: | Di familye Mushkat |
| ISBN: | 0374503923 (ISBN13: 9780374503925) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Bancarella (1968) |
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Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Family Moskat" provides an extremely sophisticated portrait of Poland's Jews during the first four decades of the twentieth century. It presents however two serious problems. Asa Heshel the protagonist is a rather vile individual who perversely misreads Spinoza and has dreadful personal morals. A more serious problem however is that Singer makes no effort to help the reader unfamiliar with the cultural context. An American author assumes that his reader knows whoread most of it, very long but excellent writing and descriptions
By any standard, the word sweeping well suits Singer's novel "The Family Moskat." The novel spreads over almost a century of transformative history, ending at the outbreak of World War II, which will see before its end the entire civilization represented transformed into nothing but ash. Yet in the fashion of Tolstoy, Singer does not allow the great events he illustrates - WWI, the birth of modern Poland, the destruction of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, the 1917 Revolution, the rise of Zionism -
UPDATE 4/16/15 ... reading again ***"The Family Moskat" has several slow spots, there are a confusing number of characters introduced but never really developed, and the story didn't really have much punch. Having said that, "Moskat" is an exquisite presentation of a wide range of Polish Jews in a variety of economic, social, sexual and religious circumstances. There was never a doubt in my mind that Singer, who lived there, had got it right. And the last 100 pages or so achieved an emotion not
'this is the bread of affliction which our forefathers ate in the Land of Egypt',, August 14, 2014 This review is from: The Family Moskat: A Novel (FSG Classics) (Paperback)Compelling family saga set in the Jewish community of Warsaw. The novel opens in the years before WWI : the wealthy patriarch of the family has just returned from taking the waters, bringing with him a new wife - and a stepdaughter. There's much irritation among his children by his previous two wives; they are also unhappy
This is another brilliant novel by Singer, though it is a tough read. It felt a lot like reading Tolstoy with Jewish wit thrown in. The middle part was hard to get through, but the last 150 pages or so were phenomenoll. I loved the mixing of Hebrew, Yiddish, and American influences. It was easier for me to relate to the discussions about Palestine (now Israel) and The United States since I've been to those places. Seeing the Moskats back together after so many years apart was also fascinating.
What a masterful sweeping saga...posterity is terrifying, and yet those who choose to have offspring, seem oblivious to the uncertainty presented by destiny.
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