Presents a collection of short stories, including Brother Beetle and The Jew from Babylon along with ten previously unpublished stories. Old Love (1979) One Night in Brazil, 7(14) Yochna and Shmelke, 21(9) Two, 30(14) The Psychic Journey, 44(15) Elka and Meier, 59(14) A Party in Miami Beach, 73(14) Two Weddings and One Divorce, 87(11) A Cage for Satan, 98(6) Brother Beetle, 104(10) The Boy Knows the Truth, 114(12) There Are No Coincidences, 126(17) Not for the Sabbath, 143(11) The Safe Deposit, 154(14) The Betrayer of Israel, 168(9) Tanhum, 177(11) The Manuscript, 188(9) The Power of Darkness, 197(11) The Bus, 208(33) from The Collected Stories (1982) A Night in the Poorhouse, 241(12) Escape from Civilization, 253(7) Vanvild Kava, 260(8) The Reencounter, 268(6) Moon and Madness, 274(19) The Image and Other Stories (1985) Advice, 293(9) One Day of Happiness, 302(15) The Bond, 317(8) The Interview, 325(14) The Divorce, 339(10) Strong as Death Is Love, 349(8) Why Heisherik Was Born, 357(9) The Enemy, 366(9) Remnants, 375(12) On the Way to the Poorhouse, 387(9) Loshikl, 396(10) The Pocket Remembered, 406(18) The Secret, 424(12) A Nest Egg for Paradise, 436(23) The Conference, 459(6) Miracles, 465(16) The Litigants, 481(4) A Telephone Call on Yom Kippur, 485(12) Strangers, 497(7) The Mistake, 504(10) Confused, 514(21) The Image, 535(29) from Gifts (1985) The Trap, 564(12) The Smuggler, 576(5) Gifts, 581(12) from The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories (1988) The Jew from Babylon, 593(7) The House Friend, 600(7) Burial at Sea, 607(7) The Recluse, 614(8) Disguised, 622(9) The Accuser and the Accused, 631(5) A Peephole in the Gate, 636(19) The Bitter Truth, 655(7) The Impresario, 662(10) Logarithms, 672(7) Runners to Nowhere, 679(8) The Missing Line, 687(6) The Hotel, 693(10) Dazzled, 703(8) Sabbath in Gehenna. 711(5) The Last Gaze, 716(9) The Death of Methuselah, 725(12) Uncollected Stories The Bird, 737(8) My Adventures as an Idealist, 745(14) Exes, 759(13) Between Shadows, 772(3) Hershele and Hanele, or the Power of a Dream, 775(10) Piry, 785(8) The Angry Man, 793(6) The Mathematician, 799(9) The Building Project, 808(13) The Painting, 821(13) Morris and Timna, 834(10) Two, 844(14) Eulogy to a Shoelace, 858(5) Chronology, 863(21) Note on the Texts, 884(7) Glossary and Notes, 891