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Performed by 2-time Audie Award winner GEORGE GUIDALL and Library of Congress Narrator of the Year SUZANNE TOREN. <P>I.L. Peretz captured the essence of Eastern European Jewish life. He wrote of the magical quality of kindness, and the bitter fruits of blind faith. This collection features - IN ENGLISH - the classic tales "If Not Higher", "Bontsche Shvayg", "Three Gifts", and a brand new translation of "All for a Pinch of Snuff" and a wonderful essay on the life and times of Peretz by Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse, author of "The Modern Jewish Canon."