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A Friend of Kafka

Isaac Bashevis Singer

This book of twenty stories is Isaac Bashevis Singer's fifth collection and contains such classics as "The Cafeteria" and "On the Way to the Poorhouse."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 1979
  • Pages: 320
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.72in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9780374515386
  • Categories: LiteraryShort Stories (single author)Magical Realism

About the Author

Singer, Isaac Bashevis: - Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-91) was the author of many novels, stories, and children's books. His books include The Slave and Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978.

Praise for this book

"The fifth--and quite possibly the most impressive--collection of Singer's richly crafted tales of Polish ghetto life and curious transmogrifications." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)