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.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel → |
| associatedReligion | Judaism → |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer → |
| authorAwardedNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear | 1978 → |
| containsElement |
mystical and spiritual reflection
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romantic relationship → |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland → |
| firstPublicationCentury | 20th century → |
| hasAuthorAward |
Nobel Prize in Literature
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surface form: "Nobel Prize in Literature (author)"
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| hasForm | prose → |
| hasMedium |
book
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print → |
| hasSubject |
conflict between religious law and human desire
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pogroms and massacres of Jews → rural life in early modern Poland → slavery → |
| languageOfEnglishEdition | English → |
| literaryGenre |
Jewish literature
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historical novel → philosophical novel → |
| literaryMovement | Yiddish literature → |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature → |
| mainCharacter | Jacob → |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration → |
| notableFor |
exploration of Jewish faith under persecution
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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
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faith → interfaith relationships → love → religious devotion → spiritual resilience → suffering and redemption → |
| translatedBy |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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surface form: "Isaac Bashevis Singer (self-translation into English)"
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