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A collection of 47 of the best stories written by this Nobel Prize-winning author.Main Description
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 Europe, and stories of the Jews displaced from that world to the New World, from the East Side of New York to California and Miami.Review Quote
"Sparkling and triumphant, Isaac Bashevis Singer's stories are filled with wonder, gratitude, humor, irony and a wry eroticism that manages to exalt the pleasures of the flesh and the soul at the same time."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World "There are whole fistfuls of masterpieces in this one volume: a cornucopia of invention . . . When all is said and done, [it] is an American master's 'Book of Creation.'"—Cynthia Ozick, The New York Times Book Review
Gimpel the Fool The Gentleman from Cracow Joy The Little Shoemakers The Unseen The Spinoza of Market Street The Destruction of Kreshev Taibele and her Demon Alone Yentl the Yeshiva Boy Zeidlus the Pope The Last Demon Short Friday The Seacute;ance The Slaughterer The Dead Fiddler Henne Fire The Letter Writer A Friend of Kafka The Cafeteria The Joke Powers Something Is There A Crown of Feathers A Day in Coney Island The Cabalist of East Broadway A Quotation from Klopstock A Dance and a Hop Grandfather and Grandson Old Love The Admirer The Yearning Heifer A Tale of Two Sisters Three Encounters Passions Brother Beetle The Betrayer of Israel The Psychic Journey The Manuscript The Power of Darkness The Bus A Night in the Poorhouse Escape from Civilization Vanvild Kava The Reencounter Neighbors Moon and Madness
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, children's books, and memoirs. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.