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Narrative Faith

Dostoevsky, Camus, and Singer

by David Stromberg ...

Narrative Faith engages with the dynamics of doubt and faith to consider how literary works with complex structures explore different moral visions. The study describes a literary petite histoire that problematizes faith in two ways—both in the themes presented in the story, and the strategies used to tell that story—leading readers to doubt the narrators and their narratives. Starting with ... Read more

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Narrative Faith engages with the dynamics of doubt and faith to consider how literary works with complex structures explore different moral visions. The study describes a literary petite histoire that problematizes faith in two ways—both in the themes presented in the story, and the strategies used to tell that story—leading readers to doubt the narrators and their narratives. Starting with
... Read more
IDIOT LOVE and the Elements of Intimacy

Literature, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis

by David Stromberg ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book turns our search for intimacy on its head, suggesting that our way to creativity in love may be through idiocy. The book takes its readers on a journey through the work of Plato and Melanie Klein in theorizing the dynamics of intimacy while exploring some of the paradoxical aspects of love in works by Fyodor Dostoevsky and French filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Revisiting core concepts of ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book turns our search for intimacy on its head, suggesting that our way to creativity in love may be through idiocy. The book takes its readers on a journey through the work of Plato and Melanie Klein in theorizing the dynamics of intimacy while exploring some of the paradoxical aspects of love in works by Fyodor Dostoevsky and French filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Revisiting core concepts of
... Read more
A Short Inquiry into the End of the World

A Mister Investigator Mystery

by David Stromberg, Polina Barskova ...

Series Book 20 - Working Titles
In David Stromberg's newest work, Mister Investigator takes on the end of the wor;d—or rather, this fraught and dangerous moment that we find ourselves in, and what it says about our future. This particular moment, a crisis that feels unique and strange, is actually connected—as Mister Investigator discovers—to multiple precedents. To this end, Stromberg's analysis is first and foremost a reading: ... Read more

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In David Stromberg's newest work, Mister Investigator takes on the end of the wor;d—or rather, this fraught and dangerous moment that we find ourselves in, and what it says about our future. This particular moment, a crisis that feels unique and strange, is actually connected—as Mister Investigator discovers—to multiple precedents. To this end, Stromberg's analysis is first and foremost a reading:
... Read more
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

The War Years, 1939-1945

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Isaac Bashevis Singer' s Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945, is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate's Yiddish and English oeuvre. Knowing that a whole world, a whole way of life, a whole cultural treasure bound up with Yiddish and Yiddishkayt--that they were all going up in flames before his very eyes--was crushing for Singer, driving him to ... Read more

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Isaac Bashevis Singer' s Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939-1945, is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate's Yiddish and English oeuvre. Knowing that a whole world, a whole way of life, a whole cultural treasure bound up with Yiddish and Yiddishkayt--that they were all going up in flames before his very eyes--was crushing for Singer, driving him to
... Read more
Simple Gimpl

The Definitive Bilingual Edition

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Translated by Saul Bellow ...

THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE’S ONLY NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE PUTS HIS MOST FAMOUS STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS: Isaac Bashevis Singer was never entirely happy with Saul Bellow’s canonical translation of “Gimpel the Fool” from Singer’s original “Gimpl Tam.” This first-ever publication of Singer’s own English translation is a cause for celebration.A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE BILINGUAL EDITION: The perfect gift for ... Read more

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THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE’S ONLY NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE PUTS HIS MOST FAMOUS STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS: Isaac Bashevis Singer was never entirely happy with Saul Bellow’s canonical translation of “Gimpel the Fool” from Singer’s original “Gimpl Tam.” This first-ever publication of Singer’s own English translation is a cause for celebration.A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE BILINGUAL EDITION: The perfect gift for
... Read more
Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

The War Years, 1939-1945

by Isaac Bashevis Singer, David Stromberg ...

Writings On Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish and English oeuvre. David Stromberg, editor of the Singer Literary Trust, presents 25 never-before-translated essays originally published between 1939-1945, which were selected from over 150 written by Singer during WWII. Knowing that a ... Read more

$10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Writings On Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yiddish and English oeuvre. David Stromberg, editor of the Singer Literary Trust, presents 25 never-before-translated essays originally published between 1939-1945, which were selected from over 150 written by Singer during WWII. Knowing that a
... Read more
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt

A Spiritual Reappraisal, 1946–1955

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Translated by David Stromberg ...

Between 1946 and 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer underwent a total transformation. During the post-Holocaust period Singer reappraised everything he knew, questioned all his assumptions, and rebuilt his artistic vision. This transformation would soon become evident in his literary fiction, but it was also laid out for readers in essays that appeared in the pages of the Yiddish daily Forverts. Sitting ... Read more

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Between 1946 and 1955 Isaac Bashevis Singer underwent a total transformation. During the post-Holocaust period Singer reappraised everything he knew, questioned all his assumptions, and rebuilt his artistic vision. This transformation would soon become evident in his literary fiction, but it was also laid out for readers in essays that appeared in the pages of the Yiddish daily Forverts. Sitting
... Read more
Old Truths and New Clichés

Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work ... Read more

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From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essaysOld Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work
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Handbook of Media Economics

Edited by Simon P. Anderson, Joel Waldfogel, David Stromberg ...

Series Book 2 - Handbooks in Economics
Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular ... Read more

$269.99 CAD

Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics. Chapters span the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular
... Read more
Arctic Tourism Experiences

Production, Consumption and Sustainability

by Isabelle Guissard, Arild Røkenes, Line Mathisen, Sara Davoudi, Claes Högström, Bård Tronvoll, Johan Edelheim, Kjell Olsen, Laura J Lawton, Stein R Mathisen, Hans Anton Stubberud, Carsten Blom Ruud, Ming-Feng Huang, Chuanzhong Tang, Raija Komppula, Beate Bursta, Peter Fischer, Giovanna Bertella, Sølvi Lyngnes, Carl Cater, Margaret E. Johnston, Elsa De Souza, R. Harvey Lemelin, Sergey Ilkevich, Per Strömberg, Peter Haugseth, Urban Wråkberg ...

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine ... Read more

$148.99 CAD

An exploration of Arctic tourism, focusing on tourist experiences and industry provision of those experiences; this is the first compilation to concentrate on the fundamental essence of the Arctic as being a geographical periphery, but also an experiential core that offers peak tourism experiences. Part 1 investigates the depth and dimensions of tourist experiences in the Arctic. Chapters examine
... Read more
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Old Truths and New Clichés

Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer

by Isaac Bashevis Singer ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

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7 hours 34 min

Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work, the book illuminates in new ways the rich intellectual, aesthetic, religious, and ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

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Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work, the book illuminates in new ways the rich intellectual, aesthetic, religious, and
... Read more

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Yiddish

The Biography of a Language

by Miriam Weinstein ...

This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

This first-ever biography on Yiddish is “a charming and highly readable history of the language” that “recreates the sound of a world . . . gone forever” (The Washington Post)For a thousand years Yiddish, was the glue that held a people together. Through the intimacies of daily use, it linked European Jews with their heroic past, their spiritual universe, their increasingly far-flung relations. In
... Read more

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