“He was one of those people who stared at you with a meaningful smile on their face, as if he was somehow intellectually...
This is the cover I wanted to run with. Ah well.
Inside publishing jokes are just the best.
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Adorable.
Click-through to read “Job,” a story by I.B. Singer appearing here in English for the first time: http://nyr.kr/TB06d7Editors’ Note: This story, by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991), was first published in Yiddish in 1970, and is appearing here in English translation for the first time (See the translator’s note below about how it came to light.) Singer published more than sixty stories in The New Yorker, beginning in 1967; we’re grateful for this chance to present his work once again.
Photograph of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Bruce Davidson/Magnum.
among my top 5 too
Well if this isn’t the bleakest short story I’ve ever read…
Click-through to read “Job,” a story by I.B. Singer appearing here in English for the first time: http://nyr.kr/TB06d7
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