The Family Moskat
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The Family Moskat is a sweeping Yiddish novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that chronicles the fortunes and moral struggles of a prominent Jewish family in prewar Poland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Family Moskat canonical | 7 |
| The Family Mashber | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language novel
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novel ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Ashkenazi Jews
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surface form:
Ashkenazi Jewish culture
|
| associatedReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| depicts | Jewish community in prewar Poland ⓘ |
| fictionalFamily | Moskat family ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | omniscient third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Orthodox Judaism
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assimilation ⓘ faith and doubt ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| hasType | sweeping epic ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Jewish literature
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Yiddish literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation |
classic of Yiddish literature
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important work of 20th-century Jewish fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Jewish family life
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decline of traditional Jewish society in Eastern Europe ⓘ moral struggle ⓘ religious tradition versus modernity ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | multi-generational family saga ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| portraysHistoricalContext |
decline of the shtetl world
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social changes in interwar Poland ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Poland ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-World War II era ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Family Mashber