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Isaac Bashevis Singer

Born

in Leoncin, Poland

November 21, 1902

Died

July 24, 1991

Website

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literatu...

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Science

Influences

Knut Hamsun, Sholom Aleichem, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Arthur Schopenhauer, ...more

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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. ...more

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Isaac Bashevis Singer’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 49,640 ratings · 4,638 reviews · 495 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cecil Hemley (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 3,950 ratings — published 1962 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magician of Lublin 3.91 avg rating — 3,691 ratings — published 1960 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enemies: A Love Story 3.97 avg rating — 3,578 ratings — published 1966 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shosha 3.98 avg rating — 2,812 ratings — published 1978 — 118 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow (Translator), Allegra Goodman (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.14 avg rating — 2,380 ratings — published 1953 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer 4.38 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 1982 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer, A.H. Gross (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 1950 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Satan in Goray by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jacob Sloan (Translator), Ruth R. Wisse (Introduction) 3.89 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 1935 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In My Father's Court 4.26 avg rating — 1,182 ratings — published 1956 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows on the Hudson by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Joseph Sherman (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1957 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Familien Moskat (2 books)
by

Isaac Bashevis Singer,

Kari Risvik (Translator),

Kjell Risvik (Translator),

Carl Henrik Grøndahl (Afterword)

4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings

Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer (?)

“People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer

tags: ethics, vegetarian, vegetarianism

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“I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer

tags: chicken, vegetarianism

355 likes

“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

tags: truth

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July 2018 Family and Self

Silence by Shūsaku Endō (1966)

8 votes, 36.4%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962)

7 votes, 31.8%

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963)

5 votes, 22.7%

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1950)

2 votes, 9.1%

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith (1859)

0 votes, 0.0%

Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo (1982)

0 votes, 0.0%

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (1995)

0 votes, 0.0%

22 total votes

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