Title: Revelation; or, the Story of the Billy Goat
Title Record # 2345536
Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: Revelation; or, the Story of the Billy Goat [Yiddish] (1904) (by
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: I. L. Peretz
Date: 1948-00-00
Variant Title of: Revelation; or, the Story of the Billy Goat [Yiddish] (1904) (by
י. ל. פרץ?Peretz I. L.
)
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Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Yiddish in 1904. Translated by Maurice Samuel, for "The Prince of the Ghetto", 1948.
Synopsis: A billy goat who has acquired the ability to touch Heaven with his horns uses this talent to support the nearby Jewish village; but his inability to refuse people requesting a piece of his horns becomes the downfall of all.
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Current Tags: story within a story (1), fantasy (1), billy goat (1), holy site (1), touching Heaven (1), Jews (1), 18th century (1), Ukraine (1), compassion (1), sustenance (1), snuffboxes (1), tragedy of the commons (1), irony (1)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The I. L. Peretz Reader | 1996-10-00 | I. L. Peretz | Schocken Books (Library of Yiddish Classics) | 0-8052-1071-7 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
xxx+ 381+ [2] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Anatole Kaplan |  |