The Devil That Failed. The Ominous Adventure of a Twentieth C... by Maurice Samuel

Samuel died in New York City in 1972 at the age of 77. He received the Itzik Manger Prize for Yiddish literature posthumously in 1972. He and his work received acclaim within the Jewish community during his lifetime, including the 1944 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his non-fiction work, The World of Sholom Aleichem. Samuel also wrote the nonfiction King Mob under the pseudonym 'Frank K. Most of his work concerns itself with Judaism or the Jew's role in history and modern society, but he also wrote more conventional fiction, such as The Web of Lucifer, which takes place during the Borgias' rule of Renaissance Italy, and the fantasy science-fiction novel The Devil that Failed. David and Goliath precede the disciples by around 1,500 years. David and Goliath The story of David slaying the giant Goliath and saving the kingdom comes from the Old Testament. caitiff a mean, evil, or cowardly person. Ī Jewish intellectual and writer, Samuel is best known for his book You Gentiles, published in 1924. A taw is a fancy marble used to shoot with in playing marbles. All six are small masterpieces, as is the editors introduction. He served in the United States Army during World War I. The God That Failed consists of six essays by disillusioned Communists and fellow travelers.

Eventually, Samuel left England and emigrated to the United States, settling in New York City's Lower East Side. This later became the motivation for many of the books he wrote as an adult. His parents spoke Yiddish at home and he developed strong attachments to the Jewish people and the Yiddish language at early age. Maurice Samuel (Febru– May 4, 1972) was a Romanian-born British and American novelist, translator and lecturer of Jewish heritage.īorn in Măcin, Tulcea County, Romania, to Isaac Samuel and Fanny Acker, Samuel moved to Paris with his family at the age of five and about a year later to England, where he studied at the Victoria University. ( November 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.

The Devil That Failed. The Ominous Adventure of a Twentieth C... by Maurice Samuel