Ask for a Convertible (Paperback)

Danit Brown

ISBN 10: 0307277585 / ISBN 13: 9780307277589

Published by Random House USA Inc, New York, 2009

About this Item

Paperback. In these connected stories, Danit Brown introduces Osnat Greenberg: a slightly fatalistic, darkly funny, and utterly winning heroine who is struggling to find her place in the world.In the 1980s, Osnat moves with her American father and Israeli mother from Tel Aviv to Michigan. As the perspective shifts among the characters - spanning fifteen years, returning to Israel and then going back again to the Midwest - Osnat tries (and often fails) to belong. Danit Brown gives us an irreverent portrait of a young woman for whom finding a foothold in the world is an obsession, a challenge, and a great adventure. Brown's wonderfully assured fiction debut is a series of linked stories about a young Israeli-American woman in whose life the questions of assimilation, isolation, and belonging play out in wholly unexpected ways--sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartrending. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ask for a Convertible (Paperback)
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307277585
• ISBN 13: 9780307277589
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In these connected stories, Danit Brown introduces Osnat Greenberg: a slightly fatalistic, darkly funny, and utterly winning heroine who is struggling to find her place in the world.In the 1980s, Osnat moves with her American father and Israeli mother from Tel Aviv to Michigan. As the perspective shifts among the characters - spanning fifteen years, returning to Israel and then going back again to the Midwest - Osnat tries (and often fails) to belong. Danit Brown gives us an irreverent portrait of a young woman for whom finding a foothold in the world is an obsession, a challenge, and a great adventure.

About the Author

Danit Brown holds an MFA in fiction from Indiana University. Her stories have appeared in many literary journals, including Story, Glimmer Train, StoryQuarterly, and One Story. She lives in Michigan.