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Isaac Bashevis Singer (view source)
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'''Isaac Bashevis Singer''' (1902 – July 24, 1991) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[American]] writer of [[short story|short stories]] and [[novel]]s in [[Yiddish]].
'''Isaac Bashevis Singer''' (1902 – July 24, 1991) was a [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[American]] writer of [[short story|short stories]] and [[novel]]s in [[Yiddish]].
==Themes==
Why are we born? why must we die? how can we explain evil? how can we account for desire? For Singer, these abiding questions, and his meditations about them, are the stuff of which his extraordinary capacity for storytelling is made.
"Gimpel the Fool" is Singer's most anthologized story. Gimpel is a believer in God who extends his willingness to believe to every aspect of his life. He is tempted to disbelieve the stories told to him, to deny his faith, and to enact revenge against those who humiliate him for his gullibility.
==Books for children==
All of Singer's works for children were initially published as translated works from the Yiddish, with the author's contribution as both co-translator and co-editor. In the process he and his coeditor rearranged structural elements in the narratives and with a judicious choice of English vocabulary manage to convey much of the original punch of the Yiddish jokes and exaggerations about Singer's fools.
All of Singer's works for children were initially published as translated works from the Yiddish, with the author's contribution as both co-translator and co-editor. In the process he and his coeditor rearranged structural elements in the narratives and with a judicious choice of English vocabulary manage to convey much of the original punch of the Yiddish jokes and exaggerations about Singer's fools.