The day I got lost (Isaac Barshevis Singer)
THE DAY I GOT LOST
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Was a Polish-born Jewish writer in Yiddish, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978, The Polish name was Icek Hersz Zynger. He used his mother´s first name in an initial literary pseudonym, which he later expanded.
He was born in Loincin village near Warsaw, Poland under military partitions by the Russian Empire. The exact date of his birth is uncertain but is a date that Singer gave to his official biographer Paul Kresh. It is consistent with the historical events he and his brother refer to in their childhood memories.
His father was a Hasidic Rabbi. His siblings became writers as well. The family moved to the court of the rabbi of Radzymin, where his father became head of the Yeshiva.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
In 1917, because of the hardships or Worl War I, the family split up. Singer moved with his mother and younger brother to Moshe, a traditional shtetl, where his mother´s brothers had followed his grandfathers as rabbis.
Singer returned to Warsaw, he entered the Tachekemoni Rabbinical Seminary and soon decided that neither the school nor the profession suited him. He returned to Bitgoraj, where he tried to support himself by giving Hebrew lessons, but he gave up and returned feeling as a failure.
In 1923 his older brother arranged for him to move to Warsaw to work as a proofreader for the Jewish Bleter, of which his brother was an editor.
In 1935, before the German invasion, he emigrated to the United States. He was fearful of the growing Nazi threat in Germany. Singer settled in New York, where he took up work as journalist and columnist for The Jewish Daily Forward, a newspaper. He became despondent and for some years felt "Lost in America" ( the title of his novel published in Yiddish (1974) and in English (1981).
In 1940 he got a new marriage and this gave him energies, he returned to prolific writing and to contribute to the newspaper.
In 1981, Singer delivered a commencement address at the University at Albany, and he was presented with an honorary doctorate.
EXPECTATIONS/PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
I think this story is full of mystery. Mystery and emotion. It should be really interesting. I do not have an idea of the topic. I have never read a book of the author. I do not know his writing style or how he writes. The title suggests a lot of things.
ANALYSIS OR CONNECTION BETWEEN LITERARY WORK AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The story is fully connected with the author´s life because he constantly moved. When he moved to the United States of America, he got a job but he was not happy. He felt lost. He had to find his way again and surely it was not easy. He found a partner, his new woman. This helped him to find himself and to find the meaning of his life again.
LITERARY MOVEMENT (THAT THE AUTHOR´S BELONGS OR REPRESENT)
Singer was a leader in the Yiddish literary movement. His stories often centered upon Jews, but he also created characters and stories that dealt with homosexuality and transgender issues.
His literary movement was the Realism.
COUNTRY
His natal country was Leoncin, Warsaw, Poland; he emigrated to Radzym. Because of the war, the family moved to Bilgoraj, but he returned to Warsaw. Before the German Invasion, he emigrated to the United States. At last, he settled in New York City. After his second marriage, he lived on Manhattan´s Upper West Side. That is why he wrote most of his books and stories in the United States, without losing his Yiddish ascendence.
His natal country was Leoncin, Warsaw, Poland; he emigrated to Radzym. Because of the war, the family moved to Bilgoraj, but he returned to Warsaw. Before the German Invasion, he emigrated to the United States. At last, he settled in New York City. After his second marriage, he lived on Manhattan´s Upper West Side. That is why he wrote most of his books and stories in the United States, without losing his Yiddish ascendence.
DID THE PREDICTIONS BE CONFIRMED? WERE THEY CORRECT? WERE THEY WRONG? HOW? WHY?
My predictions and expectations were completely wrong. Because I never imagined, that the story was a real part of a complete book or autobiography of the author. It was all real.
But even in the story is no mystery or emotions, it is an interesting and entertaining story, that really happens.
References
My Jewish learning
www.myjewishlearning.com/article/isaac-bashevis-singer-between fact and fiction/
Nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/nobel prizes/literature/laureates/1978/singer-bio-html
The facts on file. Companion to the American short stories / Abby H.P. Werlock
https;/books.google.com.gt/
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
In 1917, because of the hardships or Worl War I, the family split up. Singer moved with his mother and younger brother to Moshe, a traditional shtetl, where his mother´s brothers had followed his grandfathers as rabbis.
Singer returned to Warsaw, he entered the Tachekemoni Rabbinical Seminary and soon decided that neither the school nor the profession suited him. He returned to Bitgoraj, where he tried to support himself by giving Hebrew lessons, but he gave up and returned feeling as a failure.
In 1923 his older brother arranged for him to move to Warsaw to work as a proofreader for the Jewish Bleter, of which his brother was an editor.
In 1935, before the German invasion, he emigrated to the United States. He was fearful of the growing Nazi threat in Germany. Singer settled in New York, where he took up work as journalist and columnist for The Jewish Daily Forward, a newspaper. He became despondent and for some years felt "Lost in America" ( the title of his novel published in Yiddish (1974) and in English (1981).
In 1940 he got a new marriage and this gave him energies, he returned to prolific writing and to contribute to the newspaper.
In 1981, Singer delivered a commencement address at the University at Albany, and he was presented with an honorary doctorate.
EXPECTATIONS/PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
I think this story is full of mystery. Mystery and emotion. It should be really interesting. I do not have an idea of the topic. I have never read a book of the author. I do not know his writing style or how he writes. The title suggests a lot of things.The story is fully connected with the author´s life because he constantly moved. When he moved to the United States of America, he got a job but he was not happy. He felt lost. He had to find his way again and surely it was not easy. He found a partner, his new woman. This helped him to find himself and to find the meaning of his life again.
LITERARY MOVEMENT (THAT THE AUTHOR´S BELONGS OR REPRESENT)
Singer was a leader in the Yiddish literary movement. His stories often centered upon Jews, but he also created characters and stories that dealt with homosexuality and transgender issues.
His literary movement was the Realism.
COUNTRY
His natal country was Leoncin, Warsaw, Poland; he emigrated to Radzym. Because of the war, the family moved to Bilgoraj, but he returned to Warsaw. Before the German Invasion, he emigrated to the United States. At last, he settled in New York City. After his second marriage, he lived on Manhattan´s Upper West Side. That is why he wrote most of his books and stories in the United States, without losing his Yiddish ascendence.
His natal country was Leoncin, Warsaw, Poland; he emigrated to Radzym. Because of the war, the family moved to Bilgoraj, but he returned to Warsaw. Before the German Invasion, he emigrated to the United States. At last, he settled in New York City. After his second marriage, he lived on Manhattan´s Upper West Side. That is why he wrote most of his books and stories in the United States, without losing his Yiddish ascendence.
GENRE / TYPE
Singer had many literary influences, besides the religious texts he studied. He grew with a rich array of Jewis folktales and Yiddish detective-stories.
He read Russian and studied many philosophers. Another important strand of his art is intrafamilial strife.
Singer genres were short stories and novellas. " The day I got lost" is a realistic narrative, non-fiction expository writing, because it is not an invented story, is a real story of his life. Is part of his autobiography.
DID THE PREDICTIONS BE CONFIRMED? WERE THEY CORRECT? WERE THEY WRONG? HOW? WHY?
My predictions and expectations were completely wrong. Because I never imagined, that the story was a real part of a complete book or autobiography of the author. It was all real.
But even in the story is no mystery or emotions, it is an interesting and entertaining story, that really happens.
References
My Jewish learning
www.myjewishlearning.com/article/isaac-bashevis-singer-between fact and fiction/
Nobelprize.org
www.nobelprize.org/nobel prizes/literature/laureates/1978/singer-bio-html
The facts on file. Companion to the American short stories / Abby H.P. Werlock
https;/books.google.com.gt/
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