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In my father's court
- Title
- In my father's court / Isaac Bashevis Singer.
- Author
- Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1966]
- ©1966
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | PJ5054.S572 Z513 1966 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 307 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- A memoir of the renowned writer's childhood tells of the household and rabbinical court of his father, and the thoughts and sensations that fed Singer's imagination.
- Uniform Title
- Mayn ṭaṭn's bes̀-din-shṭub. English
- Alternative Title
- Mayn ṭaṭn's bes̀-din-shṭub.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- Autobiographies.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Note
- Autobiographical.
- Translation of Mayn ṭaṭn's bes̀-din-shṭub.
- Contents
- The Sacrifice -- Why the geese shrieked -- A broken engagement -- A gruesome question -- The washwoman -- A major din Torah -- The family tree -- After the wedding -- To Warsaw -- The oath -- The Purim gift -- The suicide -- To the land of Israel -- The dispensation -- The secret -- The will -- A day of pleasures -- The salesman -- Reb Chayim Gorshkover -- Reb Moishe Ba-ba-ba -- Traitl -- I become a collector -- My sister -- The miracle -- Reb Asher the dairyman -- The lawsuit -- To the wild cows -- The divorce -- Wolf the coal dealer -- Descendants -- The satin coat -- A boy philosopher -- Uncle Mendel -- The strong ones -- The shot at Sarajevo -- The recruit -- The studio -- Hunger -- Vain hopes -- The book -- The visa -- The journey -- Bilgoray -- The family -- Aunt Yentel -- Old jewishness -- Winter in Bilgoray -- New friends -- The new winds.
- LCCN
- 65026570
- OCLC
- ocm00323575
- 323575
- SCSB-134232
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library