Who is Abba the shoemaker from The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer and what is their importance? The_Collected_Stories_of_Isaac_Bashevis_Singer English & Literature Abba the shoemaker | The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Abba is a shoemaker in the village of Frampol. He has seven sons with his wife Pescha. All of his sons become shoemakers. His children all emigrate to America and Abba becomes lonely and ill. Pescha dies of cholera. He loses all interest in the world and stops working at his shop. One day a steamship ticket to America arrives in the mail for him. It is a gift from his children. He goes to New York where they all greet Abba. Abba settles in a town in New Jersey with his sons, who build him a workshop like the one he had in Poland. Abba comes back to life and resumes his old work habits where he early to work and late to home. His sons occasionally join Abba at his work bench. Abba is contented and pleased with his new home.