Enemies, A Love Story
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Enemies, A Love Story is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores the psychological and moral turmoil of a Holocaust survivor entangled in complex romantic relationships in postwar New York.
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
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Enemies, A Love Story
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Enemies, A Love Story (film)
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| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| characterRelationship |
Herman Broder has an affair with Masha
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Herman Broder is married to Yadwiga ⓘ Tamara ⓘ
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Tamara is Herman Broder's first wife
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| culturalContext | post-Holocaust Jewish diaspora ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Paul Mazursky ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
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postwar fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century American Jewish literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | considered one of Singer's best-known novels ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Herman Broder
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Masha ⓘ Tamara ⓘ Yadwiga ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
complex romantic relationships
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moral dilemmas after the Holocaust ⓘ psychological turmoil of a Holocaust survivor ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAwardAssociation | Isaac Bashevis Singer Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Yiddish press ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| protagonistBackground | Holocaust survivor ⓘ |
| publisherLanguageEdition | English translation published in the United States ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conflict between desire and moral responsibility
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emotional consequences of surviving genocide ⓘ |
| theme |
identity crisis
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love and betrayal ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ postwar Jewish life in America ⓘ religious doubt ⓘ survivor guilt ⓘ |
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Enemies, A Love Story (film)