Isaac Bashevis Singer: ConversationsUniv. Press of Mississippi, 1992 - 259 pagina's Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991) loved to give interviews. He was famous for encouraging interruptions of the solitary task of writing. These twenty-four welcomed interruptions are representative of the many he allowed over a twenty-five-year period. Included here are his conversations with such interviewers as Irving Howe, Laurie Colwin, Richard Burgin, and Herbert R. Lottman. In these talks Singer discusses the nature of his writing, its ethnic roots, his demonology, the importance of free will, and the place of storytelling in human life. The interviews with Singer reveal both his impish sense of humor and a determination that sustained him through many years of limited acclaim and comparative neglect by critics. Yiddishists often faulted him for refusing to use his talent as a force for change in the world, Jewish readers often deplored his use of pre-Enlightenment folk material, and academics could not take too seriously a writer who insisted on telling stories that emphasized plot and character. Yet he was not deterred from his astonishing and beloved work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. |
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An Interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer Joel Blocker | 3 |
A Visit to Isaac Bashevis Singer Reena Sara Ribalow | 23 |
He Builds Bridges to the Past Melvin Maddocks | 32 |
An Interview Cyrena Pondrom | 49 |
Conversations in California | 98 |
B Singer Storyteller Herbert R Lottman | 116 |
Yiddish Tradition vs Jewish Tradition A Dialogue | 124 |
A Conversation with Isaac Bashevis Singer | 132 |
Nobel PrizeWinning Novelist | 162 |
Has the Nobel Prize Changed Singers Life? Tony Schwartz | 169 |
An Interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer | 181 |
Conversations with the Singers Grace Farrell | 194 |
Isaac Bashevis Singer Miriam Berkley | 208 |
B Singer Talks to I B Singer about the Movie Yentl | 224 |
Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer Richard Burgin | 241 |
Isaac Bashevis Singer Shrugs Off Fame | 249 |
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