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Light fell / Evan Fallenberg.
Van Pelt Library PS3606.A43 L54 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fallenberg, Evan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Tel Aviv (Israel)--Fiction.
- Tel Aviv (Israel).
- Jewish fiction.
- Israel--Tel Aviv.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Jewish fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 229 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Soho Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Twenty years have passed since Joseph left behind his entire life--his wife Rebecca, his five sons, his father, and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up--when he fell in love with a man, the genius rabbi Yoel Rosenzweig. Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the lives of Joseph, Rebecca, and their sons in ways that none of them could have predicted. Now, for his fiftieth birthday, Joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter-in-law he has never met spend the Sabbath with him in the Tel Aviv penthouse that he shares with a man--who is conveniently out of town that weekend. This will be the first time Joseph and all his sons will be together in nearly two decades. The boys' lives have taken widely varying paths. While some have become extremely religious, another is completely cosmopolitan and secular, and their feelings toward their father range from acceptance to bitter resentment. As they prepare for this reunion, Joseph, his sons, and even Rebecca, must confront what was, what is, and what could have been.
- Notes:
- "Portion of this novel appeared in Zeek: a journal of thought and culture (www.zeek.net) in 2007"--Title page verso.
- American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards, 2009.
- Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction, 2009.
- Stonewall Book Award - Barbara Gittings Literature Award, Winner, 2009
- ISBN:
- 1569474672
- 9781569474679
- 9781569475362
- 1569475369
- OCLC:
- 73744016
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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