Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer

From the Nobel Prize–winning writer, a new collection of literary and personal essays

Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays—most of them previously unpublished in English—by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific literary career spanning more than six decades. Expanding on themes reflected in his best-known work—including the literary arts, Yiddish and Jewish life, and mysticism and philosophy—the book ill...