Satan in Goray
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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.
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Criticism and interpretationPogromsMental illnessSecond AdventFictionFiction, general
First published 1955Characters & people
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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][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer
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