Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish American author of Jewish descent, noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. His memoir, "A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw", won the U.S. National Book Award in Children's Literature in 1970, while his collection "A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" won the U.S. National Book Award in Fiction in 1974.
from Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories (1957): Gimpel the fool --3 *The gentleman from Cracow The wife killer The mirror The little shoemakers The old man The unseen
from The Spinoza of Market Street (1961): The Spinoza of Market Street --3 The black wedding A tale of two liars The beggar said so The man who came back In the poorhouse
from Short Friday and Other Stories (1963): *Taibele and her demon Blood *Esther Kreindel the second The fast *The last demon Alone Three tales Zeidlus the Pope I place my reliance on no man *Short Friday *** Jachid and Jechidah Under the knife Yentl the yeshiva boy
*** A sacrifice --3
from The Seance and Other Stories (1968): The dead fiddler Henne fire Getzel the monkey
from A Friend of Kafka and Other Stories (1970): Cafeteria The colony A friend of Kafka The key
from A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974): The son from America
from Passions and Other Stories (1975): Hanka
from Old Love (1980): The party in Miami Beach The safe deposit