The Wicked City (Singer novel)

{{Short description|Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer}}

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| name = The Wicked City

| image = File:TheWickedCitySinger.jpg

| image_caption = First English-language edition
publ. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972

| author = Isaac Bashevis Singer

| country = United States

| language = Yiddish

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| pub_date = 1972

| media_type = Print

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The Wicked City is a novel for children by Isaac Bashevis Singer.{{Cite web |date=March 1, 1972 |title=THE WICKED CITY |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/isaac-bashevis-singer/wicked-city-2/ |access-date=June 29, 2024 |website=Kirkus Reviews}} Originally written in Yiddish,{{Cn|date=June 2024}} it was published in English in 1972. The book is a retelling of the story of Lot and the people of Sodom from the Bible, though Singer omits certain elements of the Bible story.