Singer The Complex: First full biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer From: The Jewish Week | Date: May 23, 1997 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Jewish Week

05-23-1997

Singer The Complex: First full biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer captures triumphs, limitations of an author trapped by his audience.

I don't think really that a man can tell the story of his life; it is impossible," Isaac Bashevis Singer told this reporter in a 1980 interview.

The Nobel Prize-winning writer explained that there were autobiographical elements in many of his stories, and that even those with themes not drawn ...

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