| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 634 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-634). |
| Summary |
More than 50 stories on the Jewish experience this century. They chronicle the lives of Old Country ancestors, refugees, immigrants or just simple wanderers like the anti- hero Fidelman. The settings are on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| Contents |
Armistice -- Spring rain -- The grocery store -- Benefit performance -- The place is different now -- Steady customer -- The literary life of Laban Goldman -- The cost of living -- The prison -- The first seven years -- The death of me -- The bill -- The loan -- A confession of murder -- Riding pants -- The girl of my dreams -- The magic barrel -- The mourners -- Angel Levine -- A summer's reading -- Take pity -- The elevator -- An apology -- The last Mohican -- The lady of the lake -- Behold the key -- The maid's shoes -- Idiots first -- Still life -- Suppose a wedding -- Life is better than death -- The jewbird -- Black is my favorite color -- Naked nude -- The German refugee -- A choice of profession -- A pimp's revenge -- Man in the drawer -- My son the murderer -- Pictures of the artist -- An exorcism -- Glass blower of Venice -- God's wrath -- Talking horse -- The letter -- The silver crown -- Notes from a lady at a dinner party -- In retirement -- Rembrandt's hat -- A wig -- The model -- A lost grave -- Zora's noise -- In Kew Gardens -- Alms redeemed. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Giroux, Robert.
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| Added Title |
Short stories
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| ISBN |
0374126399 alkaline paper |
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9780374126391 alkaline paper |
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