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The Slave

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1973)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.22

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageMild

Heroine archetypes

Commoner / Peasant

Protagonist archetypes

Forbidden Love

Synopsis

In 1648, when the Cossack leader Bogdan Chmielnitski led an uprising against the aristocratic leaders of Poland, hundreds of thousands of Jews, caught between the rival armies, were slaughtered or enslaved. For Jacob, a Jew, and Wanda, a Christian, to fall in love in the wake of "The Great Catastrophe" was unthinkable to both their communities.

Tags

Historical FictionLiterary FictionJewish LiteratureHolocaust Literature