Site Search

Last edited by George

September 21, 2010 | History

Isaac Bashevis Singer

November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American author noted for his short stories. He was one of the leading figures in the Yiddish literary movement, and received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1978. (Source.)

223 works Add another?

Most Editions | First Published | Most Recent

Ḳnekhṭ: a novel
17 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow
Shosha
16 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow
Short stories
15 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow
The family Moskat
15 editions - first published in 1950 Borrow
In my father's court
14 editions - first published in 1966
The manor
13 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow
Enemies: A Love Story
12 editions - first published in 1972
The Spinoza of Market Street
11 editions - first published in 1958
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
11 editions - first published in 1966 DAISY
A Friend of Kafka
10 editions - first published in 1962 Borrow
Scum
9 editions - first published in 1991
Short Friday, and other stories
8 editions - first published in 1964
Gimpel the fool and other stories
8 editions - first published in 1957 Borrow
A day of pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw
8 editions - first published in 1963 Borrow
Gimpel the Fool: and other stories
7 editions - first published in 1957
The penitent
6 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow
Short Friday
6 editions - first published in 1964 Borrow
When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories
6 editions - first published in 1968
Old love
6 editions - first published in 1979 Borrow
Passions
5 editions - first published in 1976
Why Noah Chose the Dove: Isaac Bashevis Singer
5 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow
Reaches of Heaven: a story of the Baal Shem Tov
5 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow
The séance, and other stories
5 editions - first published in 1968 Checked out
Naftali the storyteller and his horse, Sus: and other stories
5 editions - first published in 1976 Borrow
Mazel and Shlimazel: or, The milk of a lioness.
5 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow
The fearsome inn
5 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow
The estate
5 editions - first published in 1969 Borrow
An Isaac Bashevis Singer reader
5 editions - first published in 1953
The King of the Fields
5 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow
Stories for children
4 editions - first published in 1984 Checked out
A crown of feathers and other stories
4 editions - first published in 1970
The golem
4 editions - first published in 1982
More Stories from My Father's Court
3 editions - first published in 2000
Mayśes̀ fun hinṭern oyṿn
3 editions - first published in 1971
Passions, and other stories
3 editions - first published in 1975
Zlateh the goat: and other stories
3 editions - first published in 1970
Isaac Bashevis Singer
3 editions - first published in 1986
Elijah the Slave
3 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow
The fools of Chelm and their history
3 editions - first published in 1973 Borrow
Joseph and Koza: or, The sacrifice to the Vistula.
3 editions - first published in 1970 Borrow
Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus
2 editions - first published in 1989
Rasskazy
2 editions - first published in 1980
Schoscha. Roman
2 editions - first published in 1980
Meschugge
2 editions - first published in 1996
Golem, El Coloso De Barro
2 editions - first published in 1998
Le manoir
2 editions - first published in 1967
Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer
2 editions - first published in 1985 Borrow
Short Friday y Other Stomes
2 editions - first published in 1992
Collecter Stories of Bashevis Singer
2 editions - first published in 1992
Cuentos Judios De LA Aldea De Chelm/Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
2 editions - first published in 1998
Mazel Y Shlimazel
2 editions - first published in 1982
Death of Methuselah: and Other Stories
2 editions - first published in 1988
El Certificado
2 editions - first published in 1995
El esclavo
2 editions - first published in 1984
Nobel lecture
2 editions - first published in 1979
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
2 editions - first published in 2001
Teibele and her demon
2 editions - first published in 1984
When Shlemiel went to Warsaw
2 editions - first published in 1968
The topsy-turvy Emperor of China
2 editions - first published in 1971 DAISY
Isaac Bashevis Singer, three complete novels
2 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow
Lost in America
2 editions - first published in 1981
Alone in the wild forest
2 editions - first published in 1971 Borrow
A young man in search of love
2 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow
Seance: an other stories
2 editions - first published in 1968
Le Fantôme
1 edition - first published in 2002
THE FEARSOME INN
1 edition - first published in 1970
The collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
1 edition
ha-Serṭifiḳaṭ
1 edition - first published in 1993
Bet ha-din shel aba
1 edition - first published in 2011
Bet ha-din shel aba
1 edition - first published in 2011
Tales of the Heart
1 edition - first published in 1990
Isaac Bashevis Singer Conversations With Writers (L069 Cassette)
1 edition - first published in 1978
When Shlemiel went to Warsaw & other stories
1 edition
Penitent, The
1 edition - first published in 1990
The séance, and other stories
1 edition
A friend of Kafka
1 edition
In My Fathers Court-C
1 edition - first published in 1979
Das Visum
1 edition - first published in 2000
Satan En Goray
1 edition - first published in 1984
Mazel and Shlimazel, or the Milk of a Lioness
1 edition - first published in 1999
Spinoza of Market ST
1 edition - first published in 1981 Borrow
Das Landgut. Roman
1 edition - first published in 2000
Isaac Bashevis Singer Boxed Set
1 edition - first published in 2004
Schatten über dem Hudson
1 edition - first published in 2002
Sombras sobre el Hudson
1 edition - first published in 2006
Gimpel the Fool and other tales
1 edition - first published in 1981
The Penguin collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
1 edition - first published in 1984
My Fathers Court
1 edition - first published in 1997
Jentl. Großdruck. Erzählungen
1 edition - first published in 2002
Le petit monde de la rue Krochmalna
1 edition - first published in 1991
Day of Pleasure and Other Stories for Children
1 edition - first published in 1992
Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
1 edition - first published in 2007
Spinoza of Market Street and Other Stories
1 edition - first published in 1979
L'Esclave
1 edition - first published in 2002
More Sewing for the Home
1 edition - first published in 1988 Borrow
Miłośłc i wygnanie
1 edition - first published in 1993
ha- Mafteaḥ: sipurim
1 edition - first published in 1978
Dashuri e vonë: tregime dhe novela
1 edition - first published in 2001
Sombras Sobre El Hudson
1 edition - first published in 2000
Le certificat
1 edition - first published in 1994

Places

Poland, Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland), Israel, Russia, 20th century, Argentina, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Lublin (Poland), Pologne, Rusia, Soviet Union, United States, Varsovie

People

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991), Abraham (Biblical patriarch), Baʻal Shem Ṭov (ca. 1700-1760), Bruce Davidson (1933-), Elijah (Biblical prophet), Isaac Bashevis Singer, Lot (Biblical figure)

Time

20th century, 17th century, 1864-1918, 19th century

Links (outside Open Library)

Alternative names

יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-
Isaac Bashevis SINGER
Isaac Bashevis. Singer
Isaac-Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis-Singer
Singer, Isaac Bashevis

1 2 3 Next > Last »

History Created April 1, 2008 · 10 revisions
Download catalog record: RDF / JSON

September 21, 2010	Edited by George	Name order: FirstName LastName
September 20, 2010	Edited by Laurel Bellon	Listed last name, first
September 20, 2010	Edited by Laurel Bellon	merge authors
January 13, 2010	Edited by George	Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

Debug Stats

SUMMARY

infobase: {'count': 24, 'time': 0.16914033889770508}
memcache.get_multi: {'count': 2, 'time': 0.001252889633178711}
memcache.get: {'count': 40, 'time': 0.02764892578125}
total: {'count': 0, 'unaccounted': 0.11547255516052246, 'time': 0.5166890621185303}
solr: {'count': 1, 'time': 0.18355584144592285}
memcache.set: {'count': 25, 'time': 0.019618511199951172}

Details

memcache.get 0.000559091567993
    {'hit': True, 'key': u'/authors/OL137147A'}
memcache.get 0.000616073608398
    {'hit': True, 'key': 'd/authors/OL137147A'}
memcache.get_multi 0.000748872756958
    {'found': 2}
memcache.get 0.000711917877197
    {'hit': True, 'key': u'/type/author'}
memcache.get 0.000458002090454
    {'hit': True, 'key': 'inlibrary.libraries-hash'}
solr 0.183555841446
    {'url': u'http://ol-solr2:8983/solr/select?q.op=AND&q=author_key:OL137147A&fq=&start=0&rows=100&fl=key,author_name,author_key,title,subtitle,edition_count,ia,cover_edition_key,has_fulltext,first_publish_year,public_scan_b,lending_edition_s,lending_identifier_s,overdrive_s,ia_collection_s,cover_i&wt=json&fq=type:work&sort=edition_count+desc&facet=true&facet.mincount=1&f.author_facet.facet.sort=count&f.publish_year.facet.limit=-1&facet.limit=25&facet.field=author_facet&facet.field=language&facet.field=publish_year&facet.field=publisher_facet&facet.field=subject_facet&facet.field=person_facet&facet.field=place_facet&facet.field=time_facet'}
memcache.get 0.00056791305542
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/slavenovesingl00sing'}
infobase 0.00570917129517
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/slavenovesingl00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000746965408325
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/slavenovesingl00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000712871551514
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/shosha00singrich'}
memcache.get 0.000642061233521
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/collectedstories00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000500917434692
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/familymoskat00sing'}
infobase 0.00489711761475
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/familymoskat00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000601053237915
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/familymoskat00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000309944152832
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/manorsing00sing'}
infobase 0.00513601303101
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/manorsing00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000419855117798
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/manorsing00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000600099563599
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/friendofkafkaoth00singrich'}
memcache.get 0.000346899032593
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/gimpelfoolother00sing'}
infobase 0.00526714324951
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/gimpelfoolother00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000414133071899
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/gimpelfoolother00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000502109527588
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/dayofpleasuresto00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000472068786621
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/penitent00sing'}
infobase 0.00614809989929
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/penitent00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.00135898590088
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/penitent00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000815868377686
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/shortfriday00isaa'}
infobase 0.00752210617065
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/shortfriday00isaa', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000843048095703
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/shortfriday00isaa'}
memcache.get 0.00049901008606
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/oldlove00sing'}
infobase 0.00661182403564
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/oldlove00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000653982162476
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/oldlove00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000401973724365
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/whynoahchosedove00sing'}
infobase 0.00693488121033
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/whynoahchosedove00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000566959381104
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/whynoahchosedove00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000448942184448
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/reachesofheavens00sing'}
infobase 0.00514006614685
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/reachesofheavens00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000509023666382
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/reachesofheavens00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000566959381104
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/sanceotherstor00sing'}
memcache.get 0.00056004524231
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/naftalistorytell00sing'}
infobase 0.00666904449463
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/naftalistorytell00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000799894332886
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/naftalistorytell00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000489950180054
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/mazelshlimazel00isaa'}
infobase 0.00999903678894
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/mazelshlimazel00isaa', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000655889511108
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/mazelshlimazel00isaa'}
memcache.get 0.000558137893677
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/fearsomeinn00sing'}
infobase 0.00572609901428
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/fearsomeinn00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.00068187713623
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/fearsomeinn00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000501155853271
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/estatesing00sing'}
infobase 0.00638008117676
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/estatesing00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000633001327515
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/estatesing00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000355958938599
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/kingoffields00singrich'}
infobase 0.0113649368286
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/kingoffields00singrich', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000648975372314
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/kingoffields00singrich'}
memcache.get 0.00059700012207
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/storiesforchildr00sing'}
infobase 0.00487685203552
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/storiesforchildr00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000641822814941
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/storiesforchildr00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000391006469727
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/elijahslave00sing'}
infobase 0.00594401359558
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/elijahslave00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000392913818359
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/elijahslave00sing'}
memcache.get 0.00070595741272
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/foolsofchelmthei00sing'}
infobase 0.0058708190918
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/foolsofchelmthei00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000558137893677
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/foolsofchelmthei00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000359058380127
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/josephkozaor00sing'}
infobase 0.0049090385437
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/josephkozaor00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000406980514526
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/josephkozaor00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000427007675171
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/conversationswit00sing'}
infobase 0.00522708892822
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/conversationswit00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000652074813843
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/conversationswit00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000526189804077
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/isaacbashevissin00sing'}
infobase 0.00631499290466
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/isaacbashevissin00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000540971755981
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/isaacbashevissin00sing'}
memcache.get 0.00044584274292
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/aloneinwildfores00sing'}
infobase 0.00863289833069
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/aloneinwildfores00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.00158905982971
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/aloneinwildfores00sing'}
memcache.get 0.000760078430176
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/youngmaninsearch00sing'}
infobase 0.01145195961
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/youngmaninsearch00sing', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.00371885299683
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/youngmaninsearch00sing'}
memcache.get 0.00346612930298
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/spinozaofmarkets00isaa'}
infobase 0.00958013534546
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/spinozaofmarkets00isaa', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000476121902466
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/spinozaofmarkets00isaa'}
memcache.get 0.00068211555481
    {'hit': False, 'key': '/_store/ebooks/moresewingforhom00isaa'}
infobase 0.0128269195557
    {'path': '/openlibrary.org/_store/ebooks/moresewingforhom00isaa', 'data': None, 'method': 'GET'}
memcache.set 0.000731945037842
    {'key': '/_store/ebooks/moresewingforhom00isaa'}
memcache.get 0.00084400177002
    {'hit': True, 'key': 'd/authors/OL137147A'}
memcache.get_multi 0.000504016876221
    {'found': 1}
memcache.get 0.00109601020813
    {'hit': True, 'key': u'/type/list'}
memcache.get 0.000441789627075
    {'hit': False, 'key': 'd/people/dacarrington/lists/OL52681L'}
memcache.get 0.000969886779785
    {'hit': True, 'key': u'/authors/OL24461A'}
memcache.get 0.000344038009644
    {'hit': False, 'key': 'd/people/dacarrington/lists/OL52681L'}
memcache.set 0.000375986099243
    {'key': 'd/people/dacarrington/lists/OL52681L'}
memcache.get 0.000332832336426
    {'hit': True, 'key': '/people/dacarrington'}
memcache.get 0.0030620098114
    {'hit': True, 'key': 'd/people/dacarrington/lists/OL52681L'}