Old Love: Stories

Old Love explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age, and especially those that teach us how to love. Tales of marriage and divorce mingle with psychic experiences and curses, acts of bravery and loneliness, love and hatred. The stories in this collection display the Nobel laureate's mastery of form, his range, and his unpredictability. They feature Yiddish writers, fools, geniuses, the ghosts and dybbuks of Polish Jewry, and the modern exiles and survivors of the post-Holocaust world.

"When do 18 very good stories add up to more than just 18 very good stories? When, as here, they are wisely arranged so as to provide heightened enjoyment. . . A varied, bountiful, exuberant collection, then—and a perfect introduction for neophytes to the whole range of Singer's short-story artistry."—Kirkus