Isaac Bashevis Singer fu una figura di spicco della letteratura yiddish, celebrato per i suoi avvincenti racconti brevi. Le sue narrazioni esplorano temi profondi come la fede, il destino e le complessità della natura umana, spesso ambientate sullo sfondo di una vibrante vita ebraica. Singer scandagliò magistralmente le intricate emozioni e gli dilemmi morali dei suoi personaggi, guadagnandosi il plauso globale. La sua scrittura è apprezzata per la sua profondità, ricchezza linguistica e acuta rappresentazione della condizione umana.
Spuścizna podejmuje wątki Dworu malując, na tle przemian społecznych i obyczajowych, specyficzną atmosferę Warszawy i Nowego Jorku schyłku ubiegłego stulecia i opowiadając burzliwe koleje losu młodej żony Kalmana Jakobiego, Klary, oraz jego dzieci i wnuk�w, kt�rych drogi życiowe bardzo rozmaicie się układają.
Friday's are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the Colonel's ageing heart. For fifteen years he's watched the mail launch come into harbour, hoping he'll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him all those years ago. Whilst he waits for the cheque, his hopes are pinned on his prize bird and the upcoming cockfighting season. But until then the bird - like the Colonel and his wife - must somehow be fed...