![]() ![]() Yet he was not deterred from his astonishing and beloved work, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Yiddishists often faulted him for refusing to use his talent as a force for change in the world, Jewish readers often deplored his use of pre-Enlightenment folk material, and academics could not take too seriously a writer who insisted on telling stories that emphasized plot and character. The interviews with Singer reveal both his impish sense of humor and a determination that sustained him through many years of limited acclaim and comparative neglect by critics. In these talks Singer discusses the nature of his writing, its ethnic roots, his demonology, the importance of free will, and the place of storytelling in human life. ![]() Included here are his conversations with such interviewers as Irving Howe, Laurie Colwin, Richard Burgin, and Herbert R. Kupferberg FebruWHEN ISAAC Bashevis Singer spoke at South House last year, he. ![]() These twenty-four welcomed interruptions are representative of the many he allowed over a twenty-five-year period. A Crown of Feathers by Isaac Bashevis Singer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 342 pp., 8.95 By Seth M. ![]() He was famous for encouraging interruptions of the solitary task of writing. Isaac Bashevis Singer loved to give interviews. ![]()
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