The book contains little or completely unknown stories to our readers by the outstanding Jewish writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904–1991), written over many years and translated from the Yiddish original. Many of the stories were published only in Yiddish periodicals. After Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was asked: “Your books are peopled with demons and ghouls that lie in wait for man, and no one but you understands what they say. For more than forty years you have been writing - and this in the United States! – in the Yiddish language and, moreover, about a world that no longer exists today.” “But this world,” the writer answered, “is always alive for me... For my books I use Jewish folklore with its fantastic characters. I believe that we are surrounded by invisible forces unknown to us. I believe that in the 20th century people will be so saturated with technology that they will look closely inside themselves and discover true miracles there.”