Satan in Goray

Isaac Bashevis Singer First published 1955

About this book

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
devil
fiction
fiction, general
jews
judaism
mental illness
messiah
persecutions
pogroms
second advent
translations into english