by Isaac Bashevis Singer (Author), Joseph Sherman (Translator)
"A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece" (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times), Shadows on the Hudson traces the intertwined lives of a group of Jewish refugees in New York City in the late 1940s. At its center is Boris Makaver, a pious, wealthy businessman whose greatest trial is his unstable daughter, Anna. A chain of events disrupts the lives of the close-knit community as each refugee struggles to reconcile the horrific past with the difficult present, as Singer explores both the nature of faith and the nature of love in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
Author Biography
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
Number of Pages: 560
Dimensions: 0.98 x 8.24 x 5.47 IN
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Shadows on the Hudson
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 36