Isaac B.Singer(1904-1991)

 I have been reading English novels in the original led by Professor Mr.Mikuni at Yokohama foreign college.
 He teaches us to read Nobel laureate Isaac B. Singer , W. Faulkner and Irwin Shaw, Bernard Malamud and so on.

 We have mainly read I. B. Singer's books at the reading circle.  He was born in Warsaw Poland. His father was a Rabbi and his mother was from Rabbi's family.  He wrote his novels in Yiddish ,which was used by Jews in East Europe. 
 He was awarded Nobel prize in 1978.

  I have read his novels  'A Little Boy in search of God', ' Shot Friday and Other Stories', 'A Day of Pleasure' and 'A friend of Kafka'. Now we are reading ' A young Man in Search of Love'.  

 ' A Friend of Kafka' is one of my favorite books, I would say.
 I think his books are difficult to understand his thought as we should be required a variety of knowledge with 
 Old Testament,Jewishness, and the philosophy of kant, Spinoza etc, etc.

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