The Wicked City (Singer novel)

The Wicked City is a novel for children by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Originally written in Yiddish it was published in English in 1972. The book is a retelling of the story of Lot and the people of Sodom from the Bible, though Singer omits certain elements of the Bible story.

References

Works by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Novels	The Family Moskat (1950) Satan in Goray (1955) The Slave (1962) The Manor (1967) The Estate (1969) The Golem (1969) The Wicked City (1972) Enemies, a Love Story (1972) Shosha (1978) The Penitent (1983) The Certificate (1992) Meshugah (1994) Shadows on the Hudson (1997)

Short stories	"Gimpel the Fool" (1956) Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (1966) A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1973) "The Reencounter" (1983)

Non-fiction	Rencontre au Sommet (1998)

Plays	Yentl (1975)

Works adapted into films	The Magician of Lublin (1979) Yentl (1983) Enemies, a Love Story (1989) Love Comes Lately (2007)

Works adapted into operas	Fool's Paradise (1994)

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