Title: Collected stories : One night in Brazil to The death of Methuselah /
Authors: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991; Stavans, Ilan
Publisher: Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Singer, Isaac Bashevis, Translations into English.; Literature
Abstract: Presents a collection of short stories, including "Brother Beetle" and "The Jew from Babylon" along with ten previously unpublished stories.
Contents: Old love (1979): -- One night in Brazil -- Yochna and Shmelke -- Two -- The psychic journey -- Elka and Meier -- A party in Miami Beach -- Two weddings and one divorce -- A cage for Satan -- Brother Beetle -- The boy knows the truth -- There are no coincidences -- Not for the Sabbath -- The safe deposit -- The betrayer of Israel -- Tanhum -- The manuscript -- The power of darkness -- The bus -- from The collected stories (1982): -- A night in the poorhouse -- Escape from civilization -- Vanvild Kava -- The reencounter -- Moon and madness -- The image and other stories (1985): -- Advice -- One day of happiness -- The bond -- The interview -- The divorce -- Strong as death is love -- Why Heisherik was born -- The enemy -- Remnants -- On the way to the poorhouse -- Loshikl -- The pocket remembered -- The secret -- A nest egg for Paradise -- The conference -- Miracles -- The litigants -- A telephone call on Yom Kippur -- Strangers -- The mistake -- Confused -- The image --