 First edition | |
| Author | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Roman Vishniac (photos) |
| Subject | War |
| Published | 1969 |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 227 |
| Awards | National Book Award for Children's Books (1970) |
| ISBN | 0374416966 |
A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw is an autobiographical account of a childhood in Warsaw, Poland, written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Published in 1969, it is a series of 19 short stories written by Singer depicting his childhood growing up in the Jewish area of Warsaw. In each chapter, a different story is detailed, with a focus on specific people Singer encountered in his neighborhood during this period. The stories detail the conditions and emotions associated with daily life in the city, such as poverty, confusion and even excitement during the pre-war era in the 1900s.