num_pages: 220
description: Mendel Singer, a modern day Job, goes through his trials in the ghettoes of Tsarist Russia and on the unforgiving streets of New York. He loses his family, falls terribly ill, and is badly abused. He needs a miracle.
language: English
title: Job: The Story of a Simple Man
titlecomplete: Job: The Story of a Simple Man
characters: Mendel Singer
genres: Fiction, German Literature, School, Jewish, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 4480
places: Dubno, Russia, Bremen, New York City, New York
publisher: Granta Books