Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven (Library of Modern Jewish Literature) - Softcover

Stern, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815603568 ISBN 13: 9780815603566

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1995

Synopsis

All of Steve Stern's effervescent stories in this collection have a common relationship, either by setting or allusion, to the whimsically dangerous North Main Street neighborhood of Pinch--a mythical Jewish area perched atop the river bluff in Memphis. Here the voice of the Lord rises up from gas burners and out of pay phones. Here aging fathers-in-law live in backyard sheds and negotiate with the Angel of Death. Here is a land in which a host of very different characters share a common tendency to ignore the usually agreed-upon bonds of reality And in their rollicking wisdom all will confirm Susan Sontag's earlier inventory of Mr. Stem's talents: "Great brio, whiplash sentences, lots of energy, and charm."

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About the Author

Steve Stern is the author of critically acclaimed books such as Isaac and the Undertaker's Daughter and winner of the National Jewish Book Award, The Wedding Jester. Stern currently lives in Balston Spa, New York, and teaches at Skidmore College.

From the Back Cover

Here the voice of the Lord rises up from gas burners and out of pay phones. Here is a land in which a host of very different characters share a common tendency to ignore the usually agreed-upon bonds of reality.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815603568
• ISBN 13: 9780815603566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260