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Lost tribe : Jewish fiction from the edge / edited by Paul Zakrzewski.

Van Pelt Library PN6120.95.J6 L67 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Zakrzewski, Paul.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Short stories, Jewish.
Genre:
Short stories.
Physical Description:
xxv, 548 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Perennial, [2003]
Summary:
Funny, raw, dark, sometimes outrageous, the twenty-five contributors to "Lost Tribe" explore themes such as conflicted identities, sexual fetishes, religious intolerance, and even the troubled legacy of the Holocaust to create a stirring picture of contemporary Jewish life. "Lost Tribe" features stories and commentary from a brilliant mixture of critically acclaimed and emerging writers. Steve Almond Aimee Bender Gabriel Brownstein Judy Budnitz Nathan Englander Jonathan Safran Foer Myla Goldberg Ehud Havazelet Dara Horn Rachel Kadish Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer Binnie Kirshenbaum Joan Leegant Michael Lowenthal Ellen Miller Tova Mirvis Peter Orner Jon Papernick Nelly Reifler Ben Schrank Suzan Sherman Gary Shteyngart Aryeh Lev Stollman Ellen Umansky Simone Zelitch
Contents:
The last one way / Nathan Englander
Several anecdotes about my wife / Gary Shteyngart
Julian / Nelly Reifler
Knitting one / Suzan Sherman
Leah / Ehud Havazelet
Bachelor party / Gabriel Brownstein
Who knows kaddish / Binnie Kirshenbaum
Hershel / Judy Budnitz
A dream of sleep / Steve Almond
Barbarians at the gates / Dara Horn
Ordinary pain / Michael Lowenthal
Die grosse Liebe / Aryeh Lev Stollman
Dreaming in Polish / Aimee Bender
Walt Kaplan reads Hiroshima, March 1947 / Peter Orner
In memory of Chanveasna Chan, who is still alive / Ellen Miller
How to make it to the promised land / Ellen Umansky
The argument / Rachel Kadish
Bee season / Myla Goldberg
A Poland, a Lithuania, a Galicia / Tova Mirvis
Consent / Ben Schrank
Ten plagues / Simone Zelitch
Seekers in the Holy Land / Joan Leegant
The very rigid search / Jonathan Safran Foer
Goodbye, evil eye / Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer
The king of the king of falafel / Jon Papernick.
ISBN:
0060533463
OCLC:
52818101

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