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The Slave
The Slave
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of si...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780380015535
ISBN-10: 0380015536
Publication Date: 11/1/1978
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Publisher: Avon Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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This is a wonderfull book, not always easy to read because of the tribulations the hero goes through in his life. It is very colorful writing by this well known author. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the life of Jewish people in the middle ages.


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