Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-100374135630
ISBN-139780374135638
eBay Product ID (ePID)151994
Product Key Features
Original LanguageYiddish
Book TitleDeath of Methuselah and Other Stories
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1988
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Magical Realism, General
GenreFiction
AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.1 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN87-021238
Reviews"This cunning, pungent new collection of stories from the 1970's and 1980's adds a characteristic twist to the materials of a long career." --Robert Pinsky, The New York Times "Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "Brimming with life." --John Gross, The New York Times
Dewey Edition19
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal839/.0933
SynopsisTwenty stories from the Nobel Prizewinner, including "Disguised," a transvestite tale of the yeshiva student whose deserted wife finds him dressed as a woman and married to a man, and the title story, which portrays Methuselah at the age of 969 -- "and when you pass your nine hundredth birthday, you are not what you used to be."