The Slave

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The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
associatedReligion Judaism
author Isaac Bashevis Singer
authorAwardedNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear 1978
containsElement mystical and spiritual reflection
romantic relationship
countryOfOrigin Poland
firstPublicationCentury 20th century
hasAuthorAward Nobel Prize in Literature
surface form: "Nobel Prize in Literature (author)"
hasForm prose
hasMedium book
print
hasSubject conflict between religious law and human desire
pogroms and massacres of Jews
rural life in early modern Poland
slavery
languageOfEnglishEdition English
literaryGenre Jewish literature
historical novel
philosophical novel
literaryMovement Yiddish literature
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Jacob
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor exploration of Jewish faith under persecution
portrayal of post-massacre enslavement of a Jewish man
originalLanguage Yiddish
publisherInEnglish Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
settingPlace Poland
settingTime 17th century
targetAudience adult readers
theme Jewish identity
faith
interfaith relationships
love
religious devotion
spiritual resilience
suffering and redemption
translatedBy Isaac Bashevis Singer
surface form: "Isaac Bashevis Singer (self-translation into English)"

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