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.
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| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language novel
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novel → |
| associatedCulture |
Ashkenazi Jewish culture
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| associatedReligion |
Judaism
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| author |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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| countryOfOrigin |
Poland
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| depicts |
Jewish community in prewar Poland
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| fictionalFamily |
Moskat family
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| genre |
family saga
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historical fiction → |
| hasPerspective |
omniscient third-person narration
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| hasSubject |
Orthodox Judaism
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assimilation → faith and doubt → intergenerational conflict → marriage and infidelity → |
| hasTranslation |
English
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| hasType |
sweeping epic
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
Yiddish
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| 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
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| narrativeScope |
multi-generational family saga
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| notableWorkOf |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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| originalLanguage |
Yiddish
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| placeInAuthorOeuvre |
major work of Isaac Bashevis Singer
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| portraysHistoricalContext |
decline of the shtetl world
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social changes in interwar Poland → |
| settingLocation |
Poland
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| settingPeriod |
pre-World War II era
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| targetAudience |
adult readers
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Der Nister
("The Family Mashber")
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Icek Hersz Zynger → Isaac Bashevis Singer → |
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Yiddish literature
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