An authentic literary great, Singer was an author whose extraordinary talents won him a worldwide audience. And with this impressive novel, he proved that he was at the height of his creative power until his recent death at age 86. Scum evokes the teeming life of 1906 Warsaw's backstreets.
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About the Author:
Isaac Bashevis Singer emigrated to New York from Poland in 1935 and found work with the Jewish Daily Forward. Author of many novels, collections of short stories, and books for children, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Yiddish
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- PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0224032003
- ISBN 13 9780224032001
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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