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Isaac Singer's novels The Slave and Satan in Goray share a great number of similarities. Both novels are centered on the theme of religion, and delve deeply into a number of passions. Further, both books share Singer's repulsion with the slaughter of animals. All in all, however, The Slave is a much more subtle and personal look at the role of religion than the larger than life look at religious Messianic fervor depicted in Satan in Goray.
Isaac Bashevis Singer was born near Warsaw as the son of a rabbi, and moved to the U.S. just before WWI. He began to write professionally as a Warsaw journalist between WWI and WWII. His early works of fiction were novellas and short stories. Satan in Goray appeared in 1935, just before Singer immigrated to the United States. The Slave was written in 1962, when Singer was firmly entrenched in the U.S. He was a prolific writer, who authored a number of books, including Sosha, The Golem, The Penitent, Short Friday, The Power of Light, The Death of Metuselah and Other Stories, A Young Man in Search of Love, The Fools of Chelm and Their History, and Why Noah Chose the Dove. Many of his works, including The Estate (1969), The Manor (1967), The Family Moskat (1950) deal with family dynamics. His work often deals with passion, obsession, and the potential for destruction and creation inherent in both. Singer passed away in 1991 (Nobel Lectures).
The Slave tells the story of Jacob, a Jewish slave, who falls in love with his Gentile master's daughter, Wanda. The story takes place in 17th century Poland. Jacob is ransomed, but cannot live without Wanda. The two escape together to a quiet Jewish community, where they try to keep their secret. Jacob is increasingly disturbed by his sin in taking a Gentile wife, and the two often have difficulty in concealing Wanda's true identity. Because Wanda cannot speak Yiddish, she must pose as a mute. Wanda eventually speaks under the pain of childbirth, and after her death is buried as an outcast. Jacob and his new son move to...
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Book of Job - Biblical Allegory Job's tale is one of the most accessible Biblical allegories. An honorable, just, pious man loses everything: his ten children, his wife, his entire estate, and on top of it all is inflicted with a horrendous skin disease that leaves him crippled. All this was done as a challenge and a test of his faith. The Book of Job opens with a conversation between God
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