Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays

Isaac Bashevis Singer was well known for his novels, but this collection of his essays examines many subjects, including an essay, "Why Literary Censorship is Harmful." In another essay, "The Ten Commandments and Modern Critics," Singer cheekily speculates how Moses would be received today if he issued his commandments in a booklet or brochure. The 1978 Prize in Literature was awarded to him "for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life."