Joseph And Koza: or The Sacrifice to the Vistula
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Hebrew Congregation, Ex-Lib. Oversize, Near As New, No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0374337950
- ISBN 13
- 9780374337957
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Congregation stamp & Residual glue from pocket removal, FDP, else content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with red/gold gilt, cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown.
A Michelangelesque setting for a simple story of how Joseph, a goldsmith of Jerusalem, brought the word of God to Mazovia, a Polish realm on the Vistula, challenging the practice of human sacrifice, discrediting the witch Zla and the evil spirits she invokes, and gaining the love of Koza, the Chieftain's beautiful daughter who was to have been offered to the river. At best, the dimensions and the highly assertive design would have dwarfed the story (that they unfit the book for any specific audience goes without saying); but Mr. Shimin is simply not draftsman enough to prevail in such a style and on such a scale. His crayoned sepia figures are flaccid: there is not a bone in their bodies, no conviction in their contours. Often the anatomy is awkward, the gestures theatrical. In sum, the exhibit format is unwarranted as well as impractical.
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6124-112921
- Title
- Joseph And Koza: or The Sacrifice to the Vistula
- Author
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374337950
- ISBN 13
- 9780374337957
- Publisher
- Farar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- Unpaginated. Approx.36
- Size
- Oversize
- Keywords
- Young Readers
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