The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories by Emanuel Litvinoff, I.L. Peretz, Isaac Babel, Amos Oz, Muriel Spark, Philip Roth, Abraham Reisen, Sholem Aleichem, Aharon Appelfeld, Dan Jacobson, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, S.Y. Agnon, Cynthia Ozick, Lamed Shapiro, Isaac Bashevis Singer

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The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories

Emanuel Litvinoff, I.L. Peretz, Isaac Babel, Amos Oz, Muriel Spark, Philip Roth, Abraham Reisen, Sholem Aleichem, Aharon Appelfeld, Dan Jacobson, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, S.Y. Agnon, Cynthia Ozick, Lamed Shapiro, Isaac Bashevis Singer

352 pages • first pub 1979 • 2 editions

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced

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These stories, deeply rooted in Jewish life and consciousness, reflect authentic, often funny, images of Jewish people in the modern world. Many literary figures are featured including I.L. Peretz, S.Y. Agnon, Saul Bellow, Isaac Badel and Muriel S...