Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories by Saul Bellow, Allegra Goodman, Isaac Bashevis Singer

Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories

Saul Bellow, Allegra Goodman, Isaac Bashevis Singer

224 pages first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced

Description

Isaac Bashevis Singer’s first collection of stories, Gimpel the Fool, is a landmark work that has attracted international acclaim since it was first published in 1957. In Saul Bellow’s masterly translation, the title story follows the exploits of ...

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