1.0The Mookse and the Gripeshttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviewsTrevor Berretthttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/author/trevor/Isaac Bashevis Singer: "Inventions" - The Mookse and the Gripesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="e0fq3UEgiB"><a href="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2015/01/19/isaac-bashevis-singer-inventions/">Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Inventions”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2015/01/19/isaac-bashevis-singer-inventions/embed/#?secret=e0fq3UEgiB" width="600" height="338" title="“Isaac Bashevis Singer: “Inventions”” — The Mookse and the Gripes" data-secret="e0fq3UEgiB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://i2.wp.com/mookseandgripes.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Singer-Inventions.jpg?fit=1900%2C2560&ssl=119002560This week's New Yorker fiction is "Inventions," by Isaac Bashevis Singer and translated from the Yiddish by Aliza Shevrin. The story was written in 1965 and translated to English in the late 1960s, but it's only making its way to us now.