{"product_id":"9780374529093","title":"Meshugah : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMeshugah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeshugah, Singer's third posthumous novel, is an impressive work which the author published serially in 1981 - 83. It concerns Holocaust survivors in New York in the early 1950s. The story is narrated by Aaron Greidinger, who finds himself inextricably invloved with a group of refugees on the Upper West Side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One would have to be meshugah (that is, cuckoo, crazy) not to celebrate the publication of this brief tragicomic novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary ... The novel's title (Yiddish for crazy) evokes Singer's pessimistic vision of the world as an insane asylum, but also conveys something of the manic energy he brings to a deceptively comic tale that distills his marvelous storytelling gifts.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ever the consummate storyteller, Singer understands that there is a bit of God and the devil in everyone and that passion cannot be explained.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374529093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593929208014,"sku":"9780374529093","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_91c3a69a-f391-42ce-b90c-b45921a82494.jpg?v=1637796900","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374529093","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}