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Singer, along with cecil hemicy, has translated his own work. W hen john bunyan wrote pilgrims progress in the seventeenth century he produced one of the most celebrated allegories in all. The first edition of this novel was published in 1978, and was written by isaac bashevis singer. And despite the nonstop laments, this sharp, shapely memoir bounces along quite merrilywith the wicked, ironic grace of three or four overlapping singer stories. I decided to examine the works of isaac bashevis singer in translation because isaac bashevis singer decided to exist in translation p.
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