![]() ![]() They're good in their own right, but might be better read separately. The two modern tales "Alone" and "A Wedding in Brownsville," though they do somewhat treat the corruption theme, don't belong here. ![]() Singer's fiction is most lucent in the darkest occult tales like "Blood" and "Cunegunde," but even these are very human tales. ![]() Atheist doubts seem to be the most common temptation. The more rabbinical and devout the character, the more likely a dybbuk will sit on his shoulder. It's most evident in the devil tales: "Taibele and Her Demon," "The Last Demon," "Zeidlus the Pope." Singer humanizes his demons and demonizes his humans. The consistent theme in this collection is corruption. The stories of Singer remind me most of Gogol in cast and setting, with somewhat Dostoevskian characters populating them. ![]()
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