The Wicked City (Singer novel)

Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Wicked City
First English-language edition publ. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972
Author	Isaac Bashevis Singer
Language	Yiddish
Publication date	1972
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print

The Wicked City is a novel for children by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Originally written in Yiddish, it was published in English in 1972. The book is a retelling of the story of Lot and the people of Sodom from the Bible, though Singer omits certain elements of the Bible story.

References

^ "THE WICKED CITY". Kirkus Reviews. March 1, 1972. Retrieved June 29, 2024.

v t e Works by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Novels	The Family Moskat (1950) Satan in Goray (1955) The Magician of Lublin (1960) The Slave (1962) The Manor (1967) The Estate (1969) The Golem (1969) The Wicked City (1972) Enemies, A Love Story (1972) Shosha (1978) The Penitent (1983) The Certificate (1992) Meshugah (1994) Shadows on the Hudson (1997)
Short stories	"Gimpel the Fool" (1956) Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (1966) A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1973) "The Reencounter" (1983)
Non-fiction	A Day of Pleasure (1969) Rencontre au Sommet (1998)
Plays	Yentl (1975)
Works adapted into films	The Magician of Lublin (1979) Yentl (1983) Enemies, A Love Story (1989) Love Comes Lately (2007)
Works adapted into operas	Fool's Paradise (1994)

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