The Golems of Gotham - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Thane Rosenbaum teaches courses in human rights, legal humanities, and law and literature at Fordham Law School. He is also an award-winning novelist ( The Golems of Gotham , Second Hand Smoke , and Elijah Visible ). His essays appear frequently in the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Los Angeles Times , Washington Post , and other national publications. He lives in New York City with his daughter, Basia Tess. Klappentext Many years have passed since Oliver Levin -- a bestselling mystery writer and a lifetime sufferer from blocked emotions -- has given any thought to his parents, Holocaust survivors who committed suicide. But now, after years of uninterrupted literary output, Oliver Levin finds himself blocked as a writer, too. Oliver's fourteen-year-old daughter, Ariel, sets out to free her father from his demons by summoning the ghosts of his parents, but, along the way, the ghosts of Primo Levi, Jerzy Kosinski, and Paul Celan, among others, also materialize in this novel of moral philosophy and unforgettable enchantment. Zusammenfassung Many years have passed since Oliver Levin -- a bestselling mystery writer and a lifetime sufferer from blocked emotions -- has given any thought to his parents, Holocaust survivors who committed suicide. But now, after years of uninterrupted literary output, Oliver Levin finds himself blocked as a writer, too. Oliver's fourteen-year-old daughter, Ariel, sets out to free her father from his demons by summoning the ghosts of his parents, but, along the way, the ghosts of Primo Levi, Jerzy Kosinski, and Paul Celan, among others, also materialize in this novel of moral philosophy and unforgettable enchantment.

Product details

• Authors: Thane Rosenbaum, Rosenbaum Thane
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2003
• EAN: 9780060959456
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095945-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Historical fantasy, United States of America, USA, Occult fiction, Anthologies: general, Relating to religious groups, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Fantasy / General, JEWISH STUDIES: LITERATURE, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, GENOCIDE STUDIES: HOLOCAUST: LITERATURE, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Asian / Japanese, Classic fiction: general and literary, Jewish Studies / Literature, Genocide Studies / Holocaust: Literature