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The Penitent

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Despite his material wealth, Joseph Shapiro feels spiritually impoverished. When he finds that both his wife and mistress have been unfaithful, he reaches a crisis. He resolves to cut himself off from the self-seeking modern world and rediscover the Jewishness of his ancestors.

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The Penitent, Isaac Bashevis Singer

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1994
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English
Publisher
Penguin
Released
1994
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Paperback
ISBN10
014018676X
ISBN13
9780140186765
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Despite his material wealth, Joseph Shapiro feels spiritually impoverished. When he finds that both his wife and mistress have been unfaithful, he reaches a crisis. He resolves to cut himself off from the self-seeking modern world and rediscover the Jewishness of his ancestors.