Record details

• ISBN: 1931082626
• ISBN: 9781931082624
• Physical Description: x, 856 pages ; 21 cm.
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2004]
• Copyright: ©2004

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Ilan Stavans is the editor of this volume"--Page [vii].

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 842-856).

Formatted Contents Note:

A FRIEND OF KAFKA AND OTHER STORIES (1970): A friend of Kafka -- Guests on a winter night -- Key -- Dr. Beeber -- Stories from behind the stove -- Cafeteria -- Mentor -- Pigeons -- Chimney sweep -- Riddle -- Altele -- Joke -- Primper -- Schloimele -- Colony -- Blasphemer -- Wager -- Son -- Fate -- Powers -- Something is there. A CROWN OF FEATHERS AND OTHER STORIES (1973): A crown of feathers -- A day in Coney Island -- Captive -- Blizzard -- Property -- Lantuch -- Son from America -- Briefcase -- Cabalist of East Broadway -- Bishop's robe -- A quotation from Klopstock -- Magazine -- Lost -- Prodigy -- Third one -- Recluse -- A dance and a hop -- Her son -- Egotist -- Beard -- Dance -- On a wagon -- Neighbors -- Grandfather and grandson. PASSIONS AND OTHER STORIES (1975): Hanka -- Old love -- Errors -- Admirer -- Sabbath in Portugal -- Yearning heifer -- Witch -- Sam Palka and David Vishkover -- A tutor in the village -- New Year party -- A tale of two sisters -- A pair -- Fatalist -- Two markets -- Gravedigger -- Sorcerer -- Moishele -- Three encounters -- Adventure -- Passions.

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Subject:

Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991 > Translations into English.
Jews > Social life and customs > Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.
Short stories.

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