Enemies, A Love Story

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novel

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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Enemies, A Love Story canonical 12
Enemies: A Love Story 3
Enemies, A Love Story (1989 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptation Enemies, A Love Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Enemies, A Love Story (film)
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ
characterRelationship Herman Broder has an affair with Masha ⓘ
Herman Broder is married to Yadwiga ⓘ
Tamara ⓘ
surface form: Tamara is Herman Broder's first wife
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalContext post-Holocaust Jewish diaspora ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Paul Mazursky ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1989 ⓘ
genre Holocaust literature ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Masha ⓘ
Tamara ⓘ
Yadwiga ⓘ
narrativeFocus complex romantic relationships ⓘ
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 ⓘ
settingTime post–World War II era ⓘ
subjectMatter conflict between desire and moral responsibility ⓘ
emotional consequences of surviving genocide ⓘ
theme identity crisis ⓘ
love and betrayal ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
memory and trauma ⓘ
postwar Jewish life in America ⓘ
religious doubt ⓘ
survivor guilt ⓘ

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Isaac Bashevis Singer → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Enemies, A Love Story → adaptation → Enemies, A Love Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enemies, A Love Story (film)
Icek Hersz Zynger → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Yitskhok Bashevis Zinger → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Peter Sova → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enemies: A Love Story
Peter Sova → workedOn → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enemies: A Love Story
Paul Mazursky → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Paul Mazursky → directed → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Paul Mazursky → wroteScreenplayFor → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Ron Silver → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: Enemies: A Love Story
Alan King → notableWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Herman Broder → appearsInWork → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Yadwiga → fictionalUniverse → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Yadwiga → appearsIn → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
Herman Broder is married to Yadwiga → appearsIn → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Herman Broder
Herman Broder is married to Yadwiga → fictionalUniverse → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Herman Broder
Herman Broder is married to Yadwiga → adaptedIn → Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ
subject surface form: Herman Broder
this entity surface form: Enemies, A Love Story (1989 film)