A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw » (First Edition)

The great voice of the Yiddish-language tradition in modern Jewish literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer is best known for short stories (think "Yentl") with deeply Jewish roots yet universal appeal.

An ALA Notable Book.

Publishers Weekly

This is a collection of 19 episodes from Singer's boyhood life on Krochmalna Street in Warsaw. ``Singer has written an extraordinary book that will give many days of pleasure to adults as well as children,'' PW stated. ``These are sensitive, youthful and observant portraits of what Jewish life was like in Poland.'' (All ages)