The Card Party and Other Stories

Perlmutter, Tom

ISBN 10: 1962931390 / ISBN 13: 9781962931397

Published by High Frequency Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Card Party and Other Stories
• Publisher: High Frequency Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1962931390
• ISBN 13: 9781962931397
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Three novellas. Three women. Three lives filled with history and passion. They may be old but they are not done living yet. Despite their traumatic Jewish pasts, the women in these stories-raucous, feisty, outrageous- seize life in an irrepressible bear hug. Rosie from her hole-in-the wall surplus store is girding herself to take on the neighborhood Goliath, Grossman, the Discount King, who dominates with his imposing physical size, power and money. After eighteen years Martha has prevailed on her husband to bring home his prodigal brother, the one who brought them to the brink of total ruin. As Martha prepares for his arrival she is already plotting how to manage the inevitable family tensions. When Minke dies she refuses to leave the home of her friend Gizi, where she and her gang of five spent four days a week playing gin rummy, eating strudels and gossiping about who was shtupping whom, who was on the verge of bankruptcy, and who of the next generation made good and who had gone to the devil. But even for Minke, the obdurate, time is running out.

About the Author

Tamás Dancziger was born in Sárospatak, Hungary and was brought up in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a writer and documentary filmmaker in England and Canada. His documentaries have been broadcast in Canada, United States, Europe as well as China, Japan and Latin America. They have received many national and international awards. He has been invited to give talks at the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival, the BBC, NHK (Japan's national broadcaster) and all the leading documentary festivals. He has published books on movies and on popular history. He has also written plays for stage and radio for which he has received Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council funding. He publishes a Substack newsletter about his cross-continental cycling expeditions across continents.