num_pages: 256
description: A fictional exploration of primitive history, Singer's novel portrays an age of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Part parable of modern civilization, part fascinating historical novel, it reaffrims the author's reputation as a master storyteller.
language: English
title: The King of the Fields
titlecomplete: The King of the Fields
genres: Fiction, American, Polish Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Poland, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 192
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux