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Peretz Translations Committee / ACME Press, Inc. [Published date: 1951]. Hard cover, 270 pp. Text in English. Translated from original in Yiddish by Elly T. Margolis. Acceptable+/NO dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with black lettering on front and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers and light overall soiling. Spine has thin cracks at pages 112-13 and 208-9, but binding is still intact. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Overall a good reading copy. I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) was a Polish-Jewish writer and poet who is considered one of the most important figures in modern Yiddish literature. He was born in Zamosc, Poland, and studied law at the University of Warsaw. However, he abandoned his legal studies to pursue a career in writing. Peretz's work was deeply influenced by his Jewish heritage and his experiences of Polish anti-Semitism. He wrote about a wide range of topics, including Jewish folklore, mysticism, and social justice. His stories and poems often explored the challenges of modern Jewish life and the search for a meaningful existence. Peretz was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a co-founder of the Warsaw Literarishe Bleter (Literary Pages), a journal that promoted Yiddish culture and literature. He also helped to establish the Folksbiene, a Yiddish theater company. This book contains a selection of Peretz's best-known stories and poems, including "Perhaps Even Higher," "Silent Bontsia" and "The Three Gifts."