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Peretz, Isaac Leib, 1851 Or 2-1915 : IDISHE GESHIKHTEN NO. 1 : DER DIN-TOYRE MITN VIND

Nyu York : Idish-Natsionaler Arbeyter Farband In Amerike, 1920

(FT) Booklet with illustrated paper wrappers, 12mo. , 15 pages. In Yiddish. From the series Yiddishe Kinder Bibliotek - Yiddish Children’s Library. Yiddishe Geshichte Numer 1– Yiddish Stories, Number 1. Tells the story of the widow Shunamith in the time of King Solomon. “Isaac Leib Peretz (May 18, 1852 - 3 April 1915) , also known as Yitskhok Leybush Peretz (? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ) and Icchok Lejbusz Perec or Izaak Lejb Perec (in Polish) , best known as I. L. Peretz, was a Yiddish language author and playwright. Payson R. Stevens, Charles M. Levine, and Sol Steinmetz count him with Mendele Mokher Seforim and Sholem Aleichem as one of the 3 great classical Yiddish writers. Sol Liptzin wrote: "Yitzkhok Leibush Peretz was the great awakener of Yiddish-speaking Jewry, and Sholom Aleichem its comforter... Peretz aroused in his readers the will for self-emancipation, the will for resistance..." Peretz rejected cultural universalism, seeing the world as composed of different nations, each with its own character. Liptzin comments that "Every people is seen by him as a chosen people..."; he saw his role as a Jewish writer to express "Jewish ideals...grounded in Jewish tradition and Jewish history. " Unlike many other Maskilim, he greatly respected the Hasidic Jews for their mode of being in the world; at the same time, he understood that there was a need to make allowances for human frailty. His short stories such as "If Not Higher", "The Treasure", and "Beside the Dying" emphasize the importance of sincere piety rather than empty religiosity”. (Wikipedia) OCLC lists 1 copy worldwide (Harvard) . Light staining to cover. Very good condition. (AMR-40-1)

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