A Crown of Feathers (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
- First Published: 1973
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Jews or Jewish life, Truth, Grandparents or grandchildren, Faith, Identity, Orphans or orphanages, Devils or demons, Poland or Polish people, Judaism, Belief or doubt
The Work
“A Crown of Feathers” is the title story of a collection which won the National Book Award for 1973. Like many of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s stories, it depicts an individual pulled between belief and disbelief, between the religious and the secular, and between self and others. The story concerns an orphan, Akhsa, whose own emerging identity becomes entangled with the conflicting values of her wealthy grandparents.
Her grandfather is a traditionally religious man, a community leader in the Polish village of Krasnobród, while her grandmother, from the...
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