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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gimpel the Fool canonical | 6 |
| Gimpel | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Gimpel the Fool Context triple: [Isaac Bashevis Singer, notableWork, Gimpel the Fool]
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Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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C.
The Magician of Lublin
The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.
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The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright, best known for his humorous and poignant stories of Eastern European Jewish life, including the Tevye the Dairyman tales that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gimpel the Fool Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
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B.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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C.
The Magician of Lublin
The Magician of Lublin is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that follows a talented Jewish magician in turn-of-the-century Poland as he grapples with faith, temptation, and moral downfall.
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D.
The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
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E.
Sholom Aleichem
Sholom Aleichem was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright, best known for his humorous and poignant stories of Eastern European Jewish life, including the Tevye the Dairyman tales that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yiddish-language literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
mocking townspeople
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shtetl rabbi ⓘ unfaithful spouse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | newspaper ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Jewish Daily Forward ⓘ |
| 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 self-link ⓘ |
| hasTitleInYiddish | Gimpl tam ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish-American fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Jewish literature
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Yiddish literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus |
classic of Yiddish literature
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widely anthologized short story ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gimpel the Fool
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gimpel
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| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Jewish ethical and spiritual values
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portrayal of a gullible yet saintly protagonist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| partOf | Isaac Bashevis Singer short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
forgiving
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gullible ⓘ spiritually resilient ⓘ |
| setting | Eastern European Jewish shtetl ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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forgiveness ⓘ gullibility ⓘ morality ⓘ philosophical insight ⓘ spiritual resilience ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | pre-World War II Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Saul Bellow ⓘ |
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Subject: Gimpel the Fool Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
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