num_pages: 320
description: Illuminating both the man and his work, Kresh recreates Singer's boyhood in the Jewish ghettos of Poland, his struggles as a Yiddish writer, his emigration to America, and his emergence as a folk hero
language: English
title: Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Magician of West 86th Street
titlecomplete: Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Magician of West 86th Street
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Doubleday