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Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant... read more
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- Poland
- Land Of Israel
- Heaven
- Lublin
- Vistula
- Holy Land
- Egypt
- Baba
- Jerusalem
- Providence
- Zamosc
- Rosh Hashana
- Balaam
- Hrubyeshoyv
- Cracow
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A single bird call began the day.
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- Isaac Bashevis Singer (Author)
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- Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translator)
- Cecil Hemley (Translator)
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Publication Date: 1962
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Publication Date: 1962
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Awards edit
- National Jewish Book Awards (1963: Fiction)
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- Dewey: 839.133
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