Frozen in Time: Twenty Stories - Hardcover

Epstein, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1630761931 ISBN 13: 9781630761936

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The estimable Joseph Epstein—essayist, past editor of The American Scholar, and recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal along with Hal Holbrook and John Updike—brings together twenty short stories in his first such collection since 2010. Most, though not all, of the stories are set in Epstein’s hometown of Chicago, but otherwise they have a variety of subjects: among the titles are "Dad's Gay," "The Casanova of LaSalle Street," "JDate," "Adultery," "Widow's Pique," "Race Relations," "The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost," "My Five Husbands," and "Second Family." Most are stories about family and friendships.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Epstein is an essayist, short story writer, and editor, and from 1974 to 1998 the editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society's The American Scholar magazine. He was also a lecturer at Northwestern University from 1974 to 2002. He is a Contributing Editor at The Weekly Standard and a long-time contributor of essays and short stories to The New Criterion, Commentary, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2003, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Review:

Praise for Joseph Epstein’s The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff: And Other Stories:

“As cutting as his stories of the literary world are, Epstein is also a master at capturing the happenstance of urban life and at dramatizing the bewildering fact that we understand so little about each other. Perfectly executed, bold, and unforgettable.” –Booklist (starred review) (Booklist (starred review))

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1630761931
• ISBN 13: 9781630761936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288