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The Slave

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Set in seventeenth-century Poland, The Slave tells the story of Jacob, a young Talmudic scholar sold into slavery after the Chmielnicki massacres - and who falls in love with his master's daughter, Wanda. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a wife who is not Jewish, and by the difficulties of concealing her identity, Jacob stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Goodreads Press
  • Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2021
  • Pages: 278
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.63in - 0.78lb
  • EAN: 9781632922144
  • Categories: Historical - General