Title: Satan in Goray
First published: 1955
Description: 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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Pogroms, Mental illness, Second Advent, Fiction, Fiction, general, Jews, Translations into English, Devil, Messiah, Judaism, Persecutions
People: Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991)