Satan In Goray
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Pages: Good
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Set in a devastated seventeenth-century Polish village still reeling from the Cossack massacres, Satan in Goray chronicles the catastrophic grip of false messianism on a traumatized Jewish community. Isaac Bashevis Singer's haunting novella traces the arrival of disciples preaching the gospel of Sabbatai Zevi, a self-proclaimed messiah whose heretical movement tears the village of Goray apart from within, unleashing religious hysteria, moral collapse, and demonic possession. Written with the dark, folkloric intensity of a Yiddish morality tale, the narrative illustrates how despair and longing can render an entire people vulnerable to spiritual corruption and manipulation. Singer masterfully blends historical fiction with elements of the supernatural, grounding the story in the rich tradition of Eastern European Jewish mysticism while delivering a chilling portrait of collective madness. First published in serialized form in 1933, Satan in Goray stands as one of the most powerful and unsettling works in modern Yiddish literature.
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Set in a devastated seventeenth-century Polish village still reeling from the Cossack massacres, Satan in Goray chronicles the catastrophic grip of false messianism on a traumatized Jewish community. Isaac Bashevis Singer's haunting novella traces the arrival of disciples preaching the gospel of Sabbatai Zevi, a self-proclaimed messiah whose heretical movement tears the village of Goray apart from within, unleashing religious hysteria, moral collapse, and demonic possession. Written with the dark, folkloric intensity of a Yiddish morality tale, the narrative illustrates how despair and longing can render an entire people vulnerable to spiritual corruption and manipulation. Singer masterfully blends historical fiction with elements of the supernatural, grounding the story in the rich tradition of Eastern European Jewish mysticism while delivering a chilling portrait of collective madness. First published in serialized form in 1933, Satan in Goray stands as one of the most powerful and unsettling works in modern Yiddish literature.