Satan in Goray

Isaac Bashevis Singer

first published 1955 Penguin Books, 1981 159 pages

Singer's tale of the 17th century Polish town of Goray, whose inhabitants, in the wake of the Chmielnicki massacre, begin to believe that the Messiah shall soon arrive. In fact, it is not the Messiah who appears, but Satan.

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This book in English

Jacob Sloan 1 printing we hold · 1996 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Satan v Goraji hardcover · 2003 · Argo · 149 pages · 9788072035106
ha- Śaṭan be-Gorai edition · 2000 · Karmel · 163 pages
Satan in Goray edition · 1996 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 256 pages
Satan in Goray edition · 1981 · Penguin Books · 159 pages
Satan in Goray edition · 1980 · Fawcett · 224 pages · 9780449243268
Satan in Goray edition · 1979 · Farrar Straus & Giroux · 9780374500825

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