This book highlights a
specific feature characterizing some of the short stories of IL Peretz: His
transparent and extensive reliance on popular and Hasidic sources. This is the
rational for a comparative study of source and its adaptation, adding a
critical dimension to the understanding of these stories. This book
concentrates on three short stories of IL Peretz belonging to the genre of
Hasidic tales: 'If Not Higher', 'Between Two Mountains', and 'The Birds and the
Parchments'
