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Title	:	Enemies: A Love Story
Author	:	Isaac Bashevis Singer
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 345 pages
Published	:	December 5th 1989 by Signet (first published 1966)
Categories	:	Fiction. Literature. Jewish. Novels. Classics. Nobel Prize. World War II. Holocaust

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Almost before he knows it, Herman Broder, refugee and survivor of World War II, has three wives; Yadwiga, the Polish peasant who hid him from the Nazis; Masha , his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife, miraculously returned from the dead. Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom.

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Original Title:	Sonim
ISBN:	0451166639 (ISBN13: 9780451166630)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1973)

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Three point five stars for this poignant and comedic story of a Jewish survivor of WWII who is living in the Bronx. The setting is probably the late 40s. Although Herman was not in a concentration camp, the war has left its scars on him, too. This author uses mundane everyday experiences to look at the bigger questions of life. Herman is not a very devout Jew and actually questions the existence of God. A holocaust story of a different stripe from a Nobel Prize winner.

Well, to me, "enemies: a love story" is clearly not a love story.It is cruel, raw, dark, real and incredibly brilliant, but not fun.It shows the psicological repercutions war can have on someone and how we can still be alive, and have a rolé in society with out really being there. With out being anywhere at all.Deep stuff. Though stuff.

Herman Broder survived the Jewish Holocaust in Europe by hiding in a hayloft in Poland for three years with the assistance of his peasant servant, Yadwiga. Later, as an expatriate living in New York, he is married to Yadwiga, more out of a debt towards her than any true love. He works for a rabbi, but tells his wife that he sells books and tells the rabbi that he has no phone and no permanent address. All of the lies lead to one person: Masha, the beautiful seductress who survived the Nazi camps

I thoroughly enjoyed this witty tale of a man caught between two wives and a neurotic mistress; as well of a man paranoid that the Nazis are constantly following him. Bordering on the verge of camp, and a witty and satirical look at marriage and the absurdity of American convention and religious tradition, it's a definite must read for those who enjoy comedy of the human condition. The characters, Herman; his two wives, Tamara and Yadwiga, and the neurotic mistress, Masha are all fully formed,

"Enemies: A Love Story" deals with the aftermath of the Holocaust and its impact on survivors. Herman Broder survived three years hidden in a hayloft by Yadwiga, who had worked as a servant in his home before the war. His wife, Tamara, and their children were murdered in the Holocaust. Herman and Yadwiga marry and move to NYC, where Yadwiga begs Herman to allow her to convert to Judaism and bear his children. But Herman - who had been unfaithful to Tamara and apparently was a pretty bad father -

Interestingly, I was reading this novel as I was finishing a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I did not plan it that way, but I am beginning to think that my timing in reading books is often just darn lucky. The story in this book involves a Holocaust survivor (Herman) who ghostwrites books for a rabbi who takes credit for Herman's work. Herman ends up having three wives -- his dead wife who turns out to be alive, his former servant who saves him from death during the Holocaust, and his mistress who

When I started reading this novel, I assumed that it was going to simply follow the tale of Herman Broder, reluctant (maybe?) lady's man and polygamist. However, upon reading the book, I'm convinced that Singer actually tells us the story of the resilience of three women, all of whom were traumatized by the Holocaust and World War II. The women, Yadwiga, Masha, and Tamara, are the stars of the novel (at least that was my perception!) and Herman simply provides a mean to connect the lives of