The King of Schnorrers. Israel Zangwill

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Название: The King of Schnorrers

Автор: Israel Zangwill

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Историческая литература

Серия: Jewish, Judaism

isbn: 9780486164502

isbn: 0

Аннотация:

Author Israel Zangwill best typifed the comic spirit of London's Jewish ghetto by immortalizing the <I>schnorrer </I>(beggar) &#8212; in particular, the character of Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo da Costa, a Sephardic panhandler who developed begging into a fine art. The robust and often hilarious tale tells how Manasseh combines insolence with resourcefulness to reduce London's best-known philanthropist to a fish handler; how he reacts to his daughter's love for a socially inferior beggar; and how he manages to parlay her marriage into a life-time pension for himself from his synagogue. Brimming with wit and wisdom and widely regarded as one of the author's most enduring works, <I>The King of Schnorrers</I> is a literary gem offering hours of entertaining humor and satire.