At the Wailing Wall in 1969 the author is approached by an American, a man with a story to tell, who introduces himself as Joseph Shapiro. He is bearded, dressed in long gaberdine and a velvet hat, and Singer rightly guesses that he is a baal tshuve, a penitent. Over the next two days Shapiro recounts his story - both a confession and a personal history of the return to a fundamentalist way of life - which forms the subject of Singer's first novel since Shosha appeared in 1978, at the time he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Hardback Editions
April 1984 : Hardback
| Title: The Penitent Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-8161-3641-6 / 978-0-8161-3641-4 (USA edition) Publisher: G K Hall & Co Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 1984 : Hardback
| Title: The Penitent Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-224-02192-3 / 978-0-224-02192-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1983 : Hardback
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1982 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
August 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Penitent Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-14-139157-X / 978-0-14-139157-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
November 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Penitent Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-374-53153-6 / 978-0-374-53153-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: The Penitent (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-14-018676-X / 978-0-14-018676-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 1990 : Paperback
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April 1986 : Paperback
| Title: The Penitent (Modern Classics) Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-14-007396-5 / 978-0-14-007396-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 1984 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Penitent Author(s): Isaac Bashevis Singer ISBN: 0-449-20612-2 / 978-0-449-20612-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Fawcett Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1983 : Paperback
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Other Editions
September 1983 : Unknown
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January 1983 : Unknown
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