6%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Victory Gardens of Brooklyn: A Novel (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Merrill Joan Gerber
€ 26.99
€ 25.42
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Victory Gardens of Brooklyn: A Novel (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
Paperback. Illuminates the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. This book explores the yearnings, loves, and struggles of women who try to adapt the Jewish rituals of the "old country" to the requirements of the new world. Series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
In ""The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn"", Merrill Joan Gerber, so often applauded for her pure and natural prose, illuminates the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. Rachel and Rose, who come to America from Poland, discover their fates in New York's Lower East Side, where ""the streets are paved with gold."" Rachel's daughters, Ava, Musetta, and Gilda, live the passionate drama of their family's destiny while the world fights two wars. In war and peace the men they love, their husbands and sons, bring them both ecstasy and bitter grief. Musetta's daughters, Issa ... Read more
In ""The Victory Gardens of Brooklyn"", Merrill Joan Gerber, so often applauded for her pure and natural prose, illuminates the sorrows and triumphs of three generations of sisters from an American Jewish family. Rachel and Rose, who come to America from Poland, discover their fates in New York's Lower East Side, where ""the streets are paved with gold."" Rachel's daughters, Ava, Musetta, and Gilda, live the passionate drama of their family's destiny while the world fights two wars. In war and peace the men they love, their husbands and sons, bring them both ecstasy and bitter grief. Musetta's daughters, Issa ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Library of Modern Jewish Literature
Number of Pages
406
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815608929
SKU
V9780815608929
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-21
About Merrill Joan Gerber
Merrill Joan Gerber is a prize-winning novelist and short story writer who has published seven novels - among them The Kingdom of Brooklyn, winner of the Ribalow Award from Hadassah Magazine. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, Mademoiselle, Redbook, Commentary, Sewanee Review, American Scholar, Southwest Review, and other publications. She is professor of fiction writing at the ... Read more
Reviews for Victory Gardens of Brooklyn: A Novel (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
In pursuit of illumination and understanding, Gerber maps the human condition in all its web of troubled desire. - Cynthia Ozick