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There Is No Other
Jonathan Papernick
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Description for There Is No Other
Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
From the streets of modern Israel to the barrooms of Brooklyn to a suburban New England synagogue, the characters in these 10 stories search for love and acceptance in a world scarred by loss and loneliness. In “The Madonna of Temple Beth Elohim,” an Iraq war veteran sees a vision of the Virgin Mary on the eve of the Jewish high holidays. In “My Darling Sweetheart Baby,” a working-class drunk waits on his stoop for his disability check and the courage to proclaim his love to a local prostitute. And in the title story “There Is No Other,” a rage-filled Jewish ... Read more
From the streets of modern Israel to the barrooms of Brooklyn to a suburban New England synagogue, the characters in these 10 stories search for love and acceptance in a world scarred by loss and loneliness. In “The Madonna of Temple Beth Elohim,” an Iraq war veteran sees a vision of the Virgin Mary on the eve of the Jewish high holidays. In “My Darling Sweetheart Baby,” a working-class drunk waits on his stoop for his disability check and the courage to proclaim his love to a local prostitute. And in the title story “There Is No Other,” a rage-filled Jewish ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
179
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON, Canada
ISBN
9781550961386
SKU
V9781550961386
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99-50
About Jonathan Papernick
Jonathan Papernick is a writer-in-residence at Emerson College and the author of The Ascent of Eli Israel and Who By Fire, Who By Blood. He lives in Boston.
Reviews for There Is No Other
Papernick’s penetrating, clear-sighted stories ring true." —New York Times Book Review "It is Papernick’s sense of the surreal, his dark humor and his consciousness of the deep roots of Jewish and Muslim culture that distinguish this collection." —Publisher’s Weekly (starred review) "An utterly original writer—one who doesn't rely on gimmicks, but rather on amazingly real characters and consistently page-turning ... Read more