Gimpel the Fool
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Gimpel the Fool is a classic Yiddish short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a gullible yet spiritually resilient man whose simple faith and forgiveness reveal profound moral and philosophical insights.
Aliases (1)
- Gimpel ×1
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language literary work
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short story → |
| author |
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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| containsCharacterType |
mocking townspeople
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shtetl rabbi → unfaithful spouse → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Poland
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| criticalReception |
highly acclaimed by literary critics
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| firstPublicationLanguage |
Yiddish
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| firstPublicationMedium |
newspaper
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| firstPublishedIn |
Jewish Daily Forward
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| genre |
literary fiction
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short story → |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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stage adaptations → |
| hasSubject |
community and ostracism
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marriage and infidelity → suffering and redemption → the nature of truth and deception → |
| hasTitleInEnglish |
Gimpel the Fool
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| hasTitleInYiddish |
Gimpl tam
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| hasTranslation |
English
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| influenced |
later Jewish-American fiction
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
Yiddish
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| literaryMovement |
Jewish literature
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Yiddish literature → |
| literaryStatus |
classic of Yiddish literature
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widely anthologized short story → |
| mainCharacter |
Gimpel
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person narration
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| notableFor |
exploration of Jewish ethical and spiritual values
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portrayal of a gullible yet saintly protagonist → |
| originalLanguage |
Yiddish
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| partOf |
Isaac Bashevis Singer short fiction corpus
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| protagonistTrait |
forgiving
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gullible → spiritually resilient → |
| setting |
Eastern European Jewish shtetl
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| theme |
faith
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forgiveness → gullibility → morality → philosophical insight → spiritual resilience → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
pre-World War II Eastern Europe
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| translatedBy |
Saul Bellow
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Gimpel the Fool
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hasTitleInEnglish |
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Gimpel the Fool
("Gimpel")
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mainCharacter |
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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notableWork |