The Penitent
Published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1983
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA)
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Condition: Used - Fine
US$ 45.00
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Signed by the author, Isaac Bashevis Singer. Bound in top grade blue leather with 22kt gold lettering and cover artwork. Four raised spine-bands, acid neutral paper with page edges gilded, marbled endpapers, and a satin ribbon book mark sewn in. 8.5 inches tall, 169 [1] pages. Frontispiece illustration of the Wailing Wall by Herbert Tauss. The Penitent is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. It was originally published in installments in The Jewish Daily Forward with the Yiddish title of Der Baal Tshuve. The English translation was made by Joseph Singer for Farrar Straus & Giroux. The Penitent tells the story of Jospeh Shapiro, his rapid climb to prosperity, his quick plunge into promiscuity, and his subsequent flight to Israel in order to find salvation. He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Penitent
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis
- Publisher
- Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket As Issued
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece by Herbert Tauss.
- Edition
- Limited Signed Edition, First, Thus.
- Seller catalogs
- MODERN LITERATURE
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