Viejas verdades, nuevos clichés

This book brings together eighteen essays and one poem, previously unpublished in Spanish, on central themes of Singer's extensive literary output: Yiddish culture, mysticism, philosophy, and artistic creation. These pages illuminate the intellectual, religious, and biographical underpinnings of his work, revealing Singer as a magnificent essayist capable of delving into the human spirit with the same acuity as when crafting his literary fictions. Although many of his philosophical ideas are found in his stories, these texts allow us to view them through a fresh lens and understand them as reflections on the role of the artist in modern society, while also revealing their author as a unique intellectual.