Uncle Peretz Takes Off

By Yaakov Shabtai

Book Overview

With the publication of his Past Continuous in 1983, Yaakov Shabtai gained the most prominent place in the canon of modern Jewish literature. New York Times critic Alan Lelchuk praised its portrait of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585673404
• ISBN13: 9781585673407
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A bit of a déjà vù

Little can be said "against" such a writer as Shabtai. Yet, for those who have already read "Past Continuous", this collection will sound very familiar: too familiar. Many of the characters and situations are framed in different contexts but remain the same. The in-depth description of the human soul, however, together with the masterful depiction of places, make the book a very pleasant reading.