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Satan in Goray

by Isaac Bashevis Singer · 1955

Cover of Satan in Goray
Popularity 21

Singer's tale of the 17th century Polish town of Goray, whose inhabitants, in the wake of the Chmielnicki massacre, begin to believe that the Messiah shall soon arrive. In fact, it is not the Messiah who appears, but Satan.

Criticism and interpretationPogromsMental illnessSecond AdventFictionFiction, generalJewsTranslations into EnglishDevilMessiahJudaismPersecutions