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'''''The Penitent''''' (1983) is a novel by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] (1902–1991). It was originally published in installments in ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'' (1973) with the Yiddish title of ''Der Baal Tshuve''. The English translation was made by Joseph Singer for [[Farrar Straus & Giroux]]. It tells the story of Joseph Shapiro, emigrating from Poland in 1939 and from USSR in 1945 to the United States in 1947, where he becomes rich and involved with consumerism and lust, so that he decides to leave everything, including his job, his wife and his lover, and finally expatriate to Israel, where he wonders about the traditional values of Jewish culture.
:''For the play by David Mamet see'' [[The Penitent (play)|The Penitent]].
'''''The Penitent''''' (1983) is a novel by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] (1902–1991). It was originally published in installments in ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'' (1973) with the Yiddish title of ''Der Baal Tshuve''. The English translation was made by Joseph Singer for [[Farrar Straus & Giroux]]. It tells the story of Joseph Shapiro, emigrating from Poland in 1939 and from USSR in 1945 to the United States in 1947, where he becomes rich and involved with consumism and lust, so that he decides to leave everything, including his job, his wife and his lover, and finally expatriate to Israel, where he wonders about the traditional values of Jewish culture.


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[[Category:Works originally published in literary magazines]]
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[[Category:Repentance in Judaism]]
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 1 March 2024

The Penitent
First English-language edition
publ. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer
CountryUnited States
LanguageYiddish
Publication date
1983
Media typePrint

The Penitent (1983) is a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991). It was originally published in installments in The Jewish Daily Forward (1973) with the Yiddish title of Der Baal Tshuve. The English translation was made by Joseph Singer for Farrar Straus & Giroux. It tells the story of Joseph Shapiro, emigrating from Poland in 1939 and from USSR in 1945 to the United States in 1947, where he becomes rich and involved with consumerism and lust, so that he decides to leave everything, including his job, his wife and his lover, and finally expatriate to Israel, where he wonders about the traditional values of Jewish culture.

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