Tsvishn tsvey berg
story by Peretz
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Yiddish literature
- In Yiddish literature: The classic writers
Peretz’s masterpiece is Tsvishn tsvey berg (1900; “Between Two Peaks”), narrated by a young Hasidic man. The story subtly balances Hasidic and anti-Hasidic views. These texts inspired the neo-Hasidism of authors such as Martin Buber, but Peretz himself did not romanticize Hasidic life.
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