Encountering the past in Enemies: A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Keywords:
Diaspora, Gender, Holocaust, Nostalgia, JudaismAbstract
The novel Enemies: A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer presents the intricacies in the life of a Holocaust refugee. This novel throws light upon the problems in adapting to the new life in American society. Nostalgia is one of the main themes in the novel which the survivors cannot overcome. The question of true religion and the fear created by the barbarity of the Nazi concentration camps appear again and again. The horrors, psychological tremors and entangled relationships constitute the plot. Subsequently, geographical detachment, cultural breakdowns and linguistic divergence are also evident in this narration. All the characters here in one way or the other recount constantly about the past and express their insecurities in the new culture. How to live in the present without the guilt of the past is the main question here.
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Chandler, Marilyn R. (Spring 1988). Death by the Word: Victims of Language in "Enemies, A Love Story". Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-). Vol. 7, No. 1, (pp. 105-117). Penn State University Press.
Friedman, Lawrence S (1988).Understanding Isaac Bashevis Singer. University of South Carolina Press.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis.(2012). Enemies:A Love Story. England: Penguin books.
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