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Gimpel the Fool

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Form
Form Short Story
Year
Year 1953
Originally in
Originally in Yiddish
Pages
Pages 15

A baker believes every lie his village tells him, even about his wife, and his lifelong credulity slowly reveals itself as something closer to holiness.

I am Gimpel the fool. I don't think myself a fool. On the contrary.
Gimpel the Fool, Isaac Bashevis Singer

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