Mistaken messianic fervor in the seventeenth-century Polish Jewish community of Goray results in mass hysteria, licentiousness, and the appearance of the Devil.

Short stories by the contemporary writer capture the varied dimensions of Jewish life

Tells the stories of four sisters who mixed up their feet in bed one night, the first shlemiel, and the famous and foolish seven Elders of Chelm.

Product Description: Translated by from Yiddish by Roger H. Klein and others.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born, Jewish-American author. The Polish form of his birth name was Izaak Zynger and he used his mother's first name in an initial pseudonym, Izaak Baszewis, which he later expanded to the form under which he is now known.[1] He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.[2] He won two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw[3] and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories.

A devout Jew brings the word of God to the pagan Mazovia in Poland, helps abolish human sacrifice, and unites the people.

Collection of twenty-one short stories by the eminent Polish writer introduces a variety of absorbing characters in such settings as America, Israel, and Argentina

An orphaned youth receives a magical charm which transforms his life and brings him face to face with good and evil in the Kingdom of Good King Maltuch

Retells the Old Testament tale of the destruction of Sodom.

Twenty-four stories depicting life in the United States and pre-war Poland explore the depths and dimensions of truth

When Gronam Ox and his fellow sages attempt to bring civilization to the poor people of Chelm, a series of disasters result

The collection of stories deals with the inexhaustable and baffling passions, problems, and personalities of Yiddish-speaking Polish Jews in the old country or the United States

When their wishes fail, three children learn that they must deserve by effort what they had wanted to get too easily.

True stories about Chelm, the city of fools, the autobiographical 'Growing Up,' and a Hanukkah Eve in Warsaw are among these nine stories for children

Twenty-four stories depicting life in the United States and pre-war Poland explore the depths and dimensions of truth

Singer describes his life and literary career in Warsaw and the love affairs marking his search for a genuine relationship

An aspiring young writer in Warsaw during the 1930s finds a wealthy American backer for the play he is writing and attempts to sort out his emotional involvement with four very different women

Product Description: A collection of short stories which explores the humor and life of the people of Poland.

THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN (orig. published in print in 1960) tells the story of Yasha, a talented magician who performs throughout Poland in the last 1800’s. He has the talent to pick any lock, escape any barrier. A non-observant Jew, Yasha finds that his abilities to juggle before an audience extend to the lives he must juggle off-stage. While his religious, dutiful wife waits for him at home, his many mistresses eagerly await his next trip to the city. Yasha Mazur, the main character, is a Jewish Don Juan, consumed with restlessness and expressing it through a myriad of affairs. Caught between shtetl values and theatrical sophistication, Yasha is confronted with the greatest challenge of his life. How he escapes, and ultimately finds his own true self, is a parable of man’s ongoing search for personal meaning.

Complete text of The Magician of Lublin is accompanied by four episodes from In My Fathers Court and fifteen short stories

Product Description: This novel portrays the difficulties encountered by traditionalist Jews coming to terms with the social changes that rocked Poland in the late 19th century. The central figure of the novel is Calman Jacoby, who stands between the old and the new, unable to embrace either whole-heartedly...read more

A critical essay on the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer and the author's comments on why he writes for children accompany his Nobel lecture, presented in English and Yiddish, on the contemporary role of the storyteller