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  • Published: 4 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241350454
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

King of the Fields




A magical and evocative fable that takes readers to Poland's dark ages

A fictional exploration of primitive history, Singer's novel portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Set in Poland in the dark ages, it describes the brutality, prejudice and subjugation that occur when hunter-gatherers and farmers struggle for supremacy over the land. Part parable of modern civilization, part fascinating historical novel, this modern myth is a philosophical examination of man and his beliefs, and reaffirms the author's reputation as a master of narrative invention.

  • Published: 4 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241350454
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

About the author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Issac Bashevis Singer was born in Poland in 1904, and emigrated to the United States in 1935, shortly after his first novel, Satan in Goray, had been published in instalments. In 1943 he became a US citizen, but he continued to write almost exclusively in Yiddish, personally supervising the translation of his works into English. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Issac Bashevis Singer died in Florida in 1991.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and a memoir. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.

 

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Praise for King of the Fields

Singer is a master storyteller

Chicago Tribune Book World

[A] curious excursion into prehistory

The New York Times

Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power

The New York Times