Enemies (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: New York City and upstate New York
- Principal Characters: Herman Broder, Tamar Rachel Broder, Yadwiga Pracz, Masha Tortshiner, Shifrah Puah Bloch, Rabbi Milton Lampert
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Suicide, New York City, Marriage, 1940’s, World War II, Polygamy or bigamy, Jews or Jewish life, Holocaust, Jewish, Judaism
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story:
On a summer morning, Herman Broder stirred from his troubled dreams, wondering if he could be in Nazi-occupied Poland, perhaps in the hayloft where his parents’ servant girl, Yadwiga, had concealed him in order to save his life. Then, fully awake, he realized that he was in the apartment in Brooklyn which he shared with Yadwiga, whom he married after learning of the deaths of his wife and his children.
Herman told Yadwiga that he must make another of his overnight train trips to sell books. Actually, he remained in New York City, spending the day in the...
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