The Manor - Softcover

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374520801 ISBN 13: 9780374520809

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987

Synopsis

Two tales, The Manor and The Estate, chronicle the lives of three generations of the Jacoby family against the advent of modern civilization in nineteenth-century Poland

About this title

From AudioFile:

This is the story, perhaps even the saga, of a Jewish family in nineteenth-century Poland. In it are reflected many of the large movements of the time. Singer's writing is a relentless staccato of short, declarative sentences. Noah Waterman makes the worst of them by reading at a breathless, enervating speed with minimal inflection; however, his diction is amazingly clear. But this is a reading, not a performance. Those who believe that an audiobook should have minimal interpretative intervention from the reader may find this a model production. Those who enjoy oral performance are more likely to be disappointed. Waterman's particular skill and style would be more at home in nonfiction. J.N. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Language Notes:

Text: English, Yiddish (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0374520801
• ISBN 13: 9780374520809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 832