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V knige sobrany malo ili sovsem neizvestnye nashemu chitateli͡u rasskazy vydai͡ushchegosi͡a evreĭskogo pisateli͡a, laureata Nobelevskoĭ premii po literature Isaaka Bashevisa Zingera (1904-1991), napisannye v techenie mnogikh let i perevedennye s idishskogo originala. Mnogie iz rasskazov publikovalisʹ tolʹko v periodicheskikh izdanii͡akh na idishe.Posle prisuzhdenii͡a Isaaku Bashevisu Zingeru Nobelevskoĭ premii ego sprosili: 'Vashi knigi naseleny demonami i vurdalakami, podsteregai͡ushchimi cheloveka, i nikto krome vas samogo ne ponimaet, chto oni govori͡at. Bolee soroka let vy pishete - i ėto v Soedinennykh Shtatakh! - na i͡azyke idish i k tomu zhe o mire, kotorogo segodni͡a bolʹshe net'.'No ėtot mir, - otvetil pisatelʹ, - vsegda zhiv dli͡a meni͡a… Dli͡a svoikh knig i͡a ispolʹzui͡u evreĭskiĭ folʹklor s ego fantasticheskimi personazhami. I͡A veri͡u, chto my okruzheny nevidimymi silami, nepoznannymi nami. Veri͡u, chto v XX veke li͡udi tak nasyti͡atsi͡a tekhnologieĭ, chto pristalʹno vsmotri͡atsi͡a vnutrʹ sebi͡a i otkroi͡ut tam istinnye chudesa'.

The book contains little or completely unknown to our readers stories of outstanding Jewish writer, Nobel prize laureate in literature Isaac Bashevis singer (1904-1991), written over many years and translated from the Yiddish original. Many of the stories were published only in periodicals in Yiddish.After awarding Bashevis Isaac Singer Nobel prize he was asked: 'Your books are populated by demons and vampires, trapping the man, and no one except you does not understand what they say. More than forty years, you write - and it is in the United States! - in the Yiddish language and also about the world, which today is no more'.'But this world, ' replied the writer, always alive to me... For my books I use Jewish folklore with its fantastic characters. I believe that we are surrounded by invisible forces, unknown to us. I believe that in the XX century people are so saturated with technology that will closely look inside yourself and reveal there true miracles'.