The Manor by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1967. Second printing, 1967. Hardcover in dust jacket. 442 pages. Translated by Joseph Singer, Elaine Gottlieb. The Manor is part one of Singer's epic saga of Polish Jewish life in the late 19th century, beginning with the Polish uprising of 1863. This novel chronicles the Jacoby family across generations during a period of dramatic social and industrial change in Poland. Singer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover is clean and solid with minimal wear. Pages are clean and intact. Original dust jacket included with some edge wear, chipping at top edge, and corner wear (see photos). Light age toning to jacket consistent with a 58-year-old book. Library of Congress catalog number: 67-25966. Parts of the first three chapters originally appeared in Playboy magazine under the title "The Courtship.".

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Title: The Manor
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 1967
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0436172100
ISBN 13: 9780436172106
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: With Dust Jacket

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This novel portrays the difficulties encountered by traditionalist Jews coming to terms with the social changes that rocked Poland in the late 19th century. The central figure of the novel is Calman Jacoby, who stands between the old and the new, unable to embrace either whole-heartedly.

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