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“Smudge on rear endpaper; otherwise pristine, like new.”
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Type
Anthology
Signed
No
Narrative Type
Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Features
Dust Jacket
Intended Audience
Young Adults, Adults
Modified Item
No
Series
Not applicable
Subject
Literature, Modern
Title/Series
Yom Kippur in Amsterdam
Subgenre
Jewish
City
Amsterdam
Age Level
Adults
Special Attributes
Dust Jacket
ISBN
9780815609186

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Syracuse University Press
ISBN-10
0815609183
ISBN-13
9780815609186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72959606

Product Key Features

Book Title
Yom Kippur in Amsterdam : Stories
Number of Pages
156 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Jewish
Genre
Fiction
Author
Maxim D. Shrayer
Book Series
Library of Modern Jewish Literature Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2009-017240
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This intricate, thoughtful collection explores the inexorable complexities of relationships and religion. . . . Shrayer's eight delicate stories trace his characters' diverse struggles against the limits of tradition and culture., Give another cheer for immigration, which has given us the unique voice of Maxim Shrayer . . . a sense of longing suffuses all the stories. . . . the exquisitely precise vocabulary manages to locate these characters in the present., Yom Kippur in Amsterdam follows the efforts of Russian Jewish immigrants to come to terms with their pasts as they try to build new lives in America. . . . His writing has qualities of humor, soulfulness and insight.
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Whether set in Maxim Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, this title features eight stories that explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture., Whether set in Maxim D. Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, the eight stories in this collection explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture. Tracing the lives, obsessions, and aspirations of Jewish-Russian immigrants, these poignant, humorous, and tender stories create an expansive portrait of individuals struggling to come to terms with ghosts of their European pasts while simultaneously seeking to build new lives in their American present. The title story follows Jake Glaz, a young Jewish man apprehensive about marrying a Catholic woman. After realizing Erin will not convert, Jake leaves the United States to spend Yom Kippur in Amsterdam, "a beautiful place for a Jew to atone." In "Sonetchka" a literary scholar and his former girlfriend from Moscow reunite in her suburban Connecticut apartment. As they reminisce about their Soviet youth and quietly admire each other's professional successes, both wrestle with the curious mix of prosperity, loneliness, and insecurity that defines their lives in the United States. Yom Kippur in Amsterdam takes the immigrant narrative into the twenty-first century. Emerging from the traditions of Isaac Babel, Vladimir Nabokov, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, Shrayer's vibrant literary voice significantly contributes to the evolution of Jewish writing in America.
LC Classification Number
PG3487.R34Y66 2009

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