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Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Classics
The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, "Gimpel the Fool, " in 1957, until 1981. They include supernatural tales, slices of life from Warsaw and the shtetls of Eastern Euro ...Show more
Satan In Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage classics
In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder, famine and demonic spirits, the stargazers have reported seeing one Sabbatai Zevi, robed in purple, bedecked with jewels, riding a wild lion into Jerusalem. Meanwhile, as dark forces gather, the prophetess Rechele prepares to be the Devil's bride.
Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Classics
"A piercing work of fiction with a strong claim to being Singer's masterpiece" - Richard Bernstein, "The New York Times". 'Shadows On The Hudson" traces the intertwined lives of a group of Jewish refugees in New York City in the late 1940s. At its centre is Boris Makaver, a pious, wealthy businessman wh ...Show more
The Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Isaac Bashevis Singer's work explores humanity in all of its guises. This collection of forty-seven short stories, selected by Singer himself from across the whole of his career, brings together the best of his writing. From the supernatural "Taibele and Her Demon" to the poignant "The Unseen", and fro ...Show more
The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
In the topsy-turvy years between the dawn of the twentieth century and the dark days of 1939, the Moskat family have battled on. But like many Jewish families in Poland they can no longer turn a blind eye to the dwindling of their fortunes. In Warsaw, where saints mingle with swindlers, tough Zionists a ...Show more
The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Jacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. They begin a secret affair, trying to avoid the cruelty of the other villagers, until one day Jacob's fortunes ...Show more
The Wise Men of Chelm and the Foolish Carp by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Picture Books
When Chelm community leader, Gronam Ox, is given a live carp in honour of his great wisdom, he is delighted. He knows, of course, that eating the brain of a carp increases wisdom and that the size of the tail is indicative of the size of the brain. But when the carp uses that very tail to slap him acros ...Show more
Why Noah Chose the Dove by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Category: Picture Books
"Noah was a righteous man," says Isaac Bashevis Singer, so he and his family were to be saved from the flood. But rumor had it that only the best of all living creatures were to be taken aboard the Ark with Noah. In "Why Noah Chose the Dove," a fresh and lively approach to the age-old account, Isaac Bas ...Show more
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