{"product_id":"the-slave-by-isaac-bashevis-singer","title":"'The Slave' by Isaac Bashevis Singer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-70\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-70\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:3f9281a3-b778-4d96-ae50-6996ad1c6227-70\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-38\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"42096f3b-da2b-405e-9c30-d4232a29a71c\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"870\"\u003eA book that is so spare, yet so full of love, exile and faith.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"870\"\u003eSet in seventeenth-century Poland after the Chmielnicki massacres, Jacob, a Jewish scholar enslaved in a remote mountain village, falls in love with Wanda, the peasant woman who helps keep him alive. When he is eventually returned to his own community, desire, law, memory and religious obligation refuse to separate cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003eSinger’s fiction often works through contradiction, and this is no different in its couplings of themes. It is sensual but severe, devotional but full of doubt, interested in the soul without pretending the body is admin. It has the atmosphere of folktale, religious parable and historical novel all at once, with the old Singer machinery ticking underneath: temptation, exile, guilt, survival, appetite, God, and everyone behaving like humans despite the terrible inconvenience of moral systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1641\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin paperback, 1978 reprint; first published in the USA in 1962, first published in Great Britain in 1963, first Penguin edition 1974. Noticeable cover rubbing and edge wear, with page toning throughout. Clean, readable copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44657757978707,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T094224.853.png?v=1779752606","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-slave-by-isaac-bashevis-singer","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}