by Isaac Bashevis Singer · Planeta. Premios Nobel. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432000805
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A Friend of Kafka is a collection of stories by author Isaac Bashevis Singer, published in 1979. The stories explore themes such as Jewish identity, memory, faith, and the human condition, set in various scenarios ranging from Eastern Europe to New York. The work stands out for its evocative prose and its ability to combine the everyday with the mystical, offering a deep look at the complexity of life and human relationships.
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated his own works into English with the help of editors and collaborators. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).
