Wisse, Ruth R. (Editor)
The I. L. Peretz Reader.
Schocken Books, 1990. Library of Yiddish Classics. 0805240675  381 pages
Volume is bound in light brown cloth and beige paper-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright.  Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear.
"Isaac Leib Peretz, along with Sholem Aleichem and Mendele Mokher Seforim, was one of the founders of modern Yiddish literature and one of its most influential writers. Writing in Yiddish and Hebrew, the two languages of East European Jews, Peretz became guide and mentor to an entire generation of writers - realists, neo-Romantics, symbolists, and expressionists - all of whom attributed their inspiration to his writing.
"The I. L. Peretz Reader" presents selections of his best work in every genre. Peretz is best known for his short stories, many of which are based on folktales and hasidic motifs. Stories such as "Bontshe Shvayg," "If Not Higher," and "Between Two Mountains," included in this collection, remains classics in our time."