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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.

Singer's first colleciotn of stories, Gimpel the Fool, is a landmark of world literature and attracted international attention when it was first published in 1957. The title story, beautifully translated by Saul Bellow, follows the exploits of gimpel, an ingenuous baker, who is universally deceived but declines to retaliate. Other protagonists are not so innocent. Hodel, of "The Gentleman from Cracow, " is wed to Ketev Mriri, Chief of the Devils, and Nathan, of "The Unseen," leaves his wife for a demon in the form of a young woman. Enlightened or condemned, all characters inhabit the pre-World War II ghettos of Poland, and take shape in Singer's distinctive prose.

These four stories are infused with the wit and imagination, the humor and wisdom, that characterizes all of Isaac Bashevis Singers work. Theodore Bikel reads these wise and funny tales in classic Yiddish storyteller cadence, injecting special warmth and resonance. The tales include Gimpel the Fool, Esther Kreindel the Second, The Spinoza of Market Street, and The Black Wedding.

This book is beautiful! A Signed Limited Edition (personally signed by Issac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize 1978 died 1991) considered the most gorgeous books of Franklin Library Editions. Each volume is bound in beautiful, plush full leather, with all the Franklin fineries of 22-karat gilt lettering, page edge gilt covering, satin end page, and satin ribbon bookmark. Each book has the author's signature, which is protected with an unattached tissue insert. Unread Mint Condition except for top gilt gold discolored by dust. Franklin guarantees signature. “Notes from Editors” booklets included.

Singer's first colleciotn of stories, Gimpel the Fool, is a landmark of world literature and attracted international attention when it was first published in 1957. The title story, beautifully translated by Saul Bellow, follows the exploits of gimpel, an ingenuous baker, who is universally deceived but declines to retaliate. Other protagonists are not so innocent. Hodel, of "The Gentleman from Cracow, " is wed to Ketev Mriri, Chief of the Devils, and Nathan, of "The Unseen," leaves his wife for a demon in the form of a young woman. Enlightened or condemned, all characters inhabit the pre-World War II ghettos of Poland, and take shape in Singer's distinctive prose.

As New; immaculate; see scans and description. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Signed, Limited Edition. Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer on the third free end paper. First Edition Thus. Includes the rather scarce 22-page "Notes from the Editors", which accompanied this edition in its original shipment, also pristine. Octavo, 223 pp., six mood-capturing full-page woodcut illustrations by Phero Thomas. Full rich very deep mottled green-black leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, green moire endpapers, with matching satin page-marker ribbon. As New, and quite flawless. Franklin's as-always lavish binding, in a limited signed edition of Isaac Bashevis Singer's timeless 1953 collection of short stories, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories (English Translation by Saul Bellow). The paper is 60-pound Franklin Library Eggshell Wove Cream, typeface is 11-point Baskerville. Gilt is 22 karat. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; bright, tight and a visual treat. With the author's 'A Special Message to Subscribers from Isaac Bashevis Singer', written in 1980 in New York for this limited edition, and telling a rather remarkable 2-page story of how this collection eventually came to publication; and, of course, the separate 'Notes from the Editors' (itself also As New), a very desirable - and pristine - example. See all scans. LFR5