After the novel"FamilyKarnovsky,"and a collection ofstories,"Stranger"in "Proseof Jewish Life,"publishedanother booka wonderfulwriter, one of thebest stylistsof YiddishliteratureYisroel-JoshuaSinger (1893-1944).
My elder brotherandmentorNobel Laureatein Literature,I.-I.Singeris not inferiorto himinsubtlety andskill.His name wasmade famous bythe big"family"novels,butin the storiesheretains the samemagicandcredibility"presence effect", forcingthe readerto believe ineverything that happens.
Thisbook containsthree storieswhose actiontakes placein the Ukraine, from theJewish townbeset by civil wartothe Black Sea.