This article focuses on two aspects of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s life and work from 1923 to 1935. First, it outlines his early career in Warsaw, focusing on his essays and tracing his efforts to establish a literary career independent from that of his older brother, Israel Joshua. Second, it considers Singer’s emigration from Warsaw, with a focus on his brother’s efforts to get him out, as found in personal correspondence. Along the way, I expose gaps between Singer’s memoirs and details found in letters, especially relating to historical circumstances leading him to obtain a tourist visa to the United States in 1935. The article delineates a tension between Singer’s establishment of a position within Yiddish literature in Warsaw distinct from his brother’s, and the need to leave the city in order to survive, adding Israel Joshua’s own voice to the testimony from this period.

本文重点介绍艾萨克·巴什维斯·辛格 (Isaac Bashvis Singer) 1923 年至 1935 年的生活和工作的两个方面。首先，概述了他在华沙的早期职业生涯，重点关注他的散文，并追溯他为建立独立于其哥哥以色列的文学事业而做出的努力约书亚。其次，它考虑了辛格从华沙的移民，重点是他的兄弟努力让他离开，如个人信件中所见。一路上，我揭露了辛格的回忆录与信件中细节之间的差距，特别是与导致他于 1935 年获得美国旅游签证的历史背景有关。这篇文章描绘了辛格在意第绪文学中确立地位之间的紧张关系。华沙与他兄弟的不同，为了生存需要离开这座城市，