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Available
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Penguin (1983), Edition:
Description
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.
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LibraryThing member edwinbcn
16 short stories by Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, including "Yentle the Yeshiva boy" and "The last demon". Powerful stories about the culture of Polish jews that was obliterated during WWII. The stories set in America are curiously disjoint with the stories set in Poland. Most stories
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are translated from Yiddish by translators jointly with the author. Show Less
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1965)
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7 inches
ISBN
0140053883 / 9780140053883
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Cover title : Short Friday and other stories including Yentyl the Yeshiva Boy