Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories

Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm in this Newbery Honor Book. Chelm is a village of fools. The most famous fools—the oldest and the greatest—are the seven Elders. But there are lesser fools too: a silly irresponsible bridegroom; four sisters who mix up their feed in bed one night; a young man who imagines himself dead. Here are seven magical folktales spun by a master storyteller, that speak of fools, devils, schlemiels, and even heroes—like Zlateh the goat.
The New York Times called Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, "beautiful stories for children, written by a master." The New York Book Review said, "This book is a triumph. If you have no older children on your list, buy it for yourself." Singer's extraordinary book of folklore is illustrated by Maurice Sendak, who won a Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. 
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Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Children's Books

SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS

Animals

Harpercollins

‘[A] delightful and distinguished book [of seven tales] from middle European folklore [by the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature].' 'BL.   1967 Newbery Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1966 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966–1978 (SLJ)Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1966 (NYT)Children's Books of 1966 (Library of Congress)Children's Books of the Year 1966 (CSA)

This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age and especially those that teach us how to love, as 'in love the young are just beginners and the art of loving matures with age and experience'. Tales of curious marriages and divorce mingle with psychic experiences and curses, acts of bravery and loneliness, love and hatred.

Old Love Stories (Vintage Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Vintage

In My Father's Court

In this autobiographical work, specifically mentioned in Issac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize citation, Singer remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the bet din, or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. Advice seekers and petitioners making wills or seeking marriage settlements daily visit the rabbi in his study. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle, learned father and his mother, equally pious but eminently practical, maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. In My Father's Court is a tribute to their efforts, and a fine evocation of life in early-twentieth century Warsaw.

Biographies & Memoirs

Random House Pod

Scum

Vintage Classics

A Friend of Kafka and Other Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Conclusion of the epic history of one Jewish family

THE ESTATE

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.

Gimpel the Fool

Short Friday and Other Stories

Penguin??Books

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