Contextualizing Isaac Bashevis Singer’s "Author’s Note" to The Penitent
In geveb (2016)
Within Isaac Bashevis Singer’s large body of work, the “Author’s Note” at the end of The Penitent (1983)—which only appears in the novel’s English edition—requires special attention. Not only is it the longest of Singer’s notes in this style, but its placement at the end of the novel, rather that at its beginning, sets it apart from other such notes published during his lifetime. . .
