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Jonah and Sarah
David Shayer-Petrov
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Description for Jonah and Sarah
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. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
In ""Jonah and Sarah"", love, talent and magic oppose - and sometimes vanquish - anti-Semitism, totalitarianism and vulgarity. From the deceptively simple narratives ""Apple 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 epoch - Soviet stories work as narratives of everyday life, while the American stories offer an accurate sense of an ?migr?'s alienation. Like all good works of fiction, these stories take on a mythic ... Read more
In ""Jonah and Sarah"", love, talent and magic oppose - and sometimes vanquish - anti-Semitism, totalitarianism and vulgarity. From the deceptively simple narratives ""Apple 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 epoch - Soviet stories work as narratives of everyday life, while the American stories offer an accurate sense of an ?migr?'s alienation. Like all good works of fiction, these stories take on a mythic ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815607649
SKU
V9780815607649
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Ref
99-65
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