Buildings will collapse, power plants will stop generating electricity. Generals will drop atomic bombs on their own populations. Mad revolutionaries will run in the streets, crying fantastic slogans. I have often thought that it would begin in New York. This metropolis has all the symptoms of a mind gone berserk.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

The New Yorker

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Topic

End of the world New York City

Author

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Source

The Cafeteria The New Yorker

Medium

Short story Magazine

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Poland Europe

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Citation

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. "The Cafeteria." The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 1968.

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