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Jonah and Sarah - Jewish Stories of Russia and America

English · Hardback

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In "Jonah and Sarah, love, talent, and magic oppose--and sometimes vanquish--anti-Semitism, totalitarianism, and vulgarity. From the deceptively simple narratives "Apples Cider Vinegar and "A Hurricane Named Bob to the surrealist tale "Dismemberers and the magical "Jonah and Sarah and "The Lanskoy Road, the tempo fluctuates, but throughout, David Shrayer-Petrov seamlessly preserves familiar voices. The stories have a genuine feel for setting and eposch--Soviet stories work as narratives of everyday life, while the American segments offer an accurate sense of an emigre's alienation. Life all good works of fiction, these stories take on a mythic quality and transcend time and place. Each carries and commnicates to reader an aura of mystery, the enigma of love, and a meeting of Jewish past and present. Whether he invokes lyrical dialogue, gentle irony, or sharp polemical discourse, Shrayer-Petrov shows that he is a powerful presence in Russian and Jewish literature. For those interested in fiction about new immigrants to America or in the psychology of Jews in the two decades before the Soviet Union's collapse, this collection is a must read.


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David Shrayer-Petrov, a well-known Russian-American writer and medical scientist, has published sixteen books, including Herbert and Nelly, which was nominated for the Booker Russian Prize. His recent work includes a novel, Töstemaa Castle and a poetry collection, Form of Love.

Maxim D. Shrayer, David Shrayer-Petrov's son, is professor of Russian and English at Boston College. His books include The World of Nabokov's Stories, Russian Poet/Soviet Jew, and the Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature, 1800-2000.


Summary

In this collection of stories, love, talent and magic oppose - sometimes vanquish - anti-Semitism, totalitarianism and vulgarity. The Societ stories in the book work as narratives of everyday life, while the American stories offer a sense of an emigre's alienation.

Product details

Authors David Shraer-Petrov, David Shrayer-Petrov
Assisted by Maxim D Shrayer (Editor), Maxim D. Shrayer (Editor)
Publisher Syracuse University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.10.2003
 
EAN 9780815607649
ISBN 978-0-8156-0764-9
No. of pages 212
Dimensions 161 mm x 220 mm x 21 mm
Weight 381 g
Series Library of Modern Jewish Liter
Library of Modern Jewish Liter
Library of Modern Jewish Literature
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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