by Angel Wagenstein · Libros del Asteroide S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493591465
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«El Pentateuco de Isaac» is the historical fiction novel by Angel Wagenstein, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld, a Jewish tailor from Galicia, traverses wars, concentration camps, and changes of homeland in the Europe of the first half of the twentieth century. A subject of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he becomes a citizen of Poland, the USSR, and the Third Reich; his humor and irony turn the tragic backdrop into a lucid narrative.
Translation from the Bulgarian by Liliana Tabákova. Original title: Petoknijié Isaakovo. Volume 34 of the Libros del Asteroide collection.
For readers aged 15 and up interested in historical fiction, Jewish literature, and humor as a lens for viewing twentieth-century Europe.
Angel Raymond Wagenstein was a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. He was the author of over fifty screenplays for films, documentaries and cartoons and is most known for his movies about Bulgarian Communists.
