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When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer |
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories |
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
The funniest translated story in English!: 
The funniest translated story in English is in this book. It's "Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser," and it's about silver candlesticks that die after the birth of silver spoons. . .
This book [is bad]: 
This book is a compilation of 8 short stories, some based on traditional Jewish tales.
I'd give this book a 1 star rating out of five. Some of the stories are mildly interesting, but most of them are too old( take place in Middle Ages or before) for my liking. There isn't much description either, so you can't envision the picture in your mind the author wants you to. Some of the stories do not have a plot and those that do have unusual endings or don't provide a solution to the problem encountered in...more info
Poverty grew rich: 
"In our time, when literature is losing its address and the telling of stories is becoming a forgotten art, children are the best readers," Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote in the three paragraph preface to this 1968 volume. No question, children make fine listeners as well, particularly to these eight stories, which include several Singer originals, as well as some he heard from his mother, who heard them from her mother and grandmother.Whatever their etymology, the stories all exhibit the themes that run...
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Candlelight magic:
Isaac Bashevis Singer provides an intoxicating brew whether it is for adults or for children. When my kids wonder why I might spend so much time unravelling print, I can reach for this book and share with them some of the delights of the realms of the imagination. Books such as this remind us that there is little that television can add to our lives and it really won't matter how good the computer graphics get because Singer lets us laugh and wonder with magic that words alone can conjure. A great treat,...more info
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