Gimpel The Fool

Twelve short stories about Jewish life in Poland.

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 Gimpel, an ingenuous baker who is universally deceived but who declines to retaliate against his tormentors. Gimpel and the protagonists of the other stories in this volume all inhabit the distinctive pre World War II ghettos of Poland and, beyond that, the larger world created by Singer' s unforgettable prose.

The author's work explores humanity in all of its guises. This collection of short stories brings together the best of his writing. They look at good and evil, passion and restraint, religious fervour and personal failings.

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Translated by from Yiddish by Roger H. Klein and others.

Twelve short stories about Jewish life in Poland.

Gimpel The Fool to The Letter Writer.