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The Manor

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Start date: September 1, 2024

Finish date: September 30, 2024

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Sep 08, 2024 George P. rated it really liked it

Shelves: author-not-us-canada-or-uk, 1001-books-read, 2024-world-tour, 2024-boxall-list

A novel with many characters who have a lot interactions, it reminded me of George Eliot's Middlemarch in this way. It's steeped in the culture of Poland of 1900 especially of the Jewish Poles. It can definitely take you to a different time and place though the feelings of the characters are not much different than of people everywhere today.
I would like to read Singer's The Magician of Lublin in the future. ...more

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Sep 04, 2024 Kristel rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-challenge, 1001-books, nobel-prize, poland, jewish-american

Reason read: botm Septemer 2024, Reading 1001. The story is set in Poland during the late 19th century and is the story of Calman Jacoby, a pious Jew, his daughter's and their husbands. During this time period, the Jewish large family is breaking up and Jewish people are becoming modernized. I think it is an important book but I did not like most of the female characters. Apparently the author is showing us the limitations of women during this time. I did not like most of these women, I did not ...more

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