Uncle Peretz Takes Off Tapa dura - 2004

Woodstock, New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2004. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 239 pages From jacket: "(In this) the first collection of (the author's) short fiction in English, a magnificent gallery of comic and idiosyncratic characters gives Tel Aviv of the 1940s an unpredictable frontier quality... (The author) portrays a society of individualists and schemers in search of redemption. Uncle Shmuel tires to make his fortune as a poulterer; Albert Weiss-Fink...dreams of a traveling circus in Palestine...Tamara Bell...poses naked for artists..." Light wear to jacket, bumped head of spine; barcode sticker on back of jacket. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.