Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side

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Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side

"Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Yiddish writer, and the New York photographer Bruce Davidson collaborated on a film project in 1972. This funny and surreal feature entitled "Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard" is both a documentary about Singer's life in New York and a dramatization of his short story, "The Beard." During and after production, Davidson made portraits of Singer and also returned to the Lower East Side to document its residents. Among the photographs, made between 1957 and 1990, is the series "The Garden Cafeteria" (1973) which depicts the denizens of the restaurant frequented by Singer near the offices of The Jewish Daily Forward. Davidson's lens reveals Singer's literary world of Holocaust survivors and emigres from Eastern Europe - a displaced culture in its twilight." "The volume includes 45 photographs, critical essays about their artistic backgrounds and collaboration, an interview with Davidson, Singer's unpublished introduction to "The Garden Cafeteria" and his short story "The Beard.""--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
120

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Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Lower East Side
September 13, 2004, University of Wisconsin Press
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Library of Congress
TR654 .D362 2004

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
120
Dimensions
8.4 x 8 x 0.5 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL10317226M
ISBN 10
0299206246
ISBN 13
9780299206246
LCCN
2004017385
OCLC/WorldCat
56050975
Library Thing
680666
Goodreads
145306

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