The Brothers Ashkenazi (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Israel Joshua Singer
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Poland
- Principal Characters: Simcha Meyer Ashkenazi, Jacob Bunim, Abraham, Dinah, Pearl, Gertrude, Tevyeh, Nissan
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Brothers, Jews or Jewish life, Faustian bargains, Business or business people, Poland or Polish people, Judaism, Mills or millwork
- Locales: Warsaw, Poland, Lodz, Poland, Petrograd, Russia
The Story:
Abraham was a pious Jew and a good businessman. General agent for the Huntze mills, he was greatly respected by the community. He always spent the Passover season with his beloved rabbi in a town some distance from Lodz. One year, his wife protested more than usual at being left alone because she expected to be confined soon. She knew the child would be a boy, for she felt stirrings on her right side. Abraham paid no attention to her.
When he returned, he found two sons. The older by several minutes was Simcha, the younger Jacob. Simcha was the smaller of the...
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