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Prodigal children in the house of G-d : stories / Yermiyahu Ahron Taub.
Van Pelt Library PS3620.A895 A6 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Fiction.
- Jews.
- Jewish families--Fiction.
- Jewish families.
- Parent and adult child--Fiction.
- Parent and adult child.
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- Lesbians--Fiction.
- Lesbians.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Jewish fiction.
- Gay fiction.
- Lesbian fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Prodigal children in the house of God : stories
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Cambridge ; New York ; Sharjah : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Text in English; includes a glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms.
- Summary:
- "Prodigal Children in the House of G-d explores themes of family, community, and exile largely from ultra-Orthodox Jewish and/or queer perspectives. Eschewing references to specific locations, the stories vibrate in a mysterious present steeped in connections to a past that threatens to overwhelm. The protagonists navigate religious tradition as they take steps to reshape their lives in startling ways, often at great personal risk. An elderly woman living alone remembers a long-ago love. A holiday abroad changes the lives of a mother and daughter forever. In the concluding story, a married Torah scholar encounters romance in an unexpected quarter. A note on transliteration and pronunciation and a glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms appear at the end of the book. The book includes two pairs of interlocking stories. The author of six volumes of poetry, Yermiyahu Ahron Taub brings a quiet lyricism to his debut collection of short stories"--Back cover.
- Contents:
- I Daughters 15
- "Night in the Solarium" 17
- "Lettering and the Art of Living" 34
- "Undressing After Sinai" 47
- "Flowers for Madame" 57
- "Phoenix, With Hat" 76
- II Sons 97
- "Called Away in the Spirit" 99
- "Idolatry, Averted" 114
- "Swimming in the Lavender Room" 125
- "Love in the Red" 140
- "Angel of the Underworld" 158
- A Note on the Transliteration and Pronunciation 174.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781788231572
- 1788231570
- 9781788231589
- 1788231589
- OCLC:
- 1030600682
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