Title: באנציע שווייג

Title: Title Record # 1578762
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Date: 1894-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: yiddishbookcenter.org
Language: Yiddish

Note: Date from The I. L. Peretz Reader

Synopsis: When humble Bontsha arrives at the gates of Paradise after his death, his life is put on trial, with a prosecuting angel and a defending angel.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1906^ⓘTranslated by Helena Frank	English	Bontzye Shweig [as by Isaac Loeb Perez]
1946^ⓘTranslated by Helena Frank. Originally published in Stories and Pictures (1906) as Bontzye Shweig.	English	Bontche Schweig [as by Isaac Loeb Perez]
1954^ⓘTranslated by Hilde Abel	English	Bontsha the Silent [as by I. L. Peretz]
1990^ⓘTranslated by Hillel Halkin.	English	Bontshe Shvayg [as by I. L. Peretz]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Stories and Pictures	1906-00-00	Isaac Loeb Perez	The Jewish Publication Society of America			455	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
פֿאַר קליין און גריוס^?Far Kleyn aun Groys	1925-00-00	י. ל. פרץ^?Peretz I. L.	Kleckin Press			251	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Strange to Tell: Stories of the Marvelous and Mysterious	1946-00-00	ed. Marjorie Fischer, Rolfe Humphries	Julian Messner		$3.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xxi+ 532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
A Treasury of Yiddish Stories	1968-05-00	ed. Eliezer Greenberg, Irving Howe	Fawcett Premier	m376	$0.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
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. ISO code: USD	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
Stories and Pictures	2011-08-28	Isaac Loeb Perez	Project Gutenberg	37242	$0.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll

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Reviews

Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 145 - 294)