King of the Fields (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Singer is a master storyteller (Chicago Tribune Book World)

[A] curious excursion into prehistory (The New York Times)

Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power (The New York Times)

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, comes a fictional exploration of primitive history. Singer's novel portrays an era of superstition and violence in a country emerging from the darkness of savagery. Set in Poland in the dark ages, it describes the brutality, prejudice and subjugation that occur when hunter-gatherers and farmers struggle for supremacy over the land. Part parable of modern civilization, part fascinating historical novel, this modern myth is a philosophical examination of man and his beliefs, and reaffirms the author's reputation as a master of narrative invention.