August 29, 2007
Lillian Leyb, the main character in Amy Bloom’s new novel, “Away,” saw most of her family murdered in a pogrom. She leaves Russia for New York’s Lower East Side where she ekes out a living as a seamstress before she … Continue reading
August 28, 2007
Publishers Weekly posted an item Monday that many fans of Jewish literature will want to take note of. Benjamin Taylor, author of the 1995 novel, “Tales Out of School,” has sold the rights to his next novel to publishing house … Continue reading
August 17, 2007
Lucette Lagnado’s eloquent book, “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit,” follows the arc of her father’s life. He goes from being a successful, cosmopolitan businessman who thrived on the nightlife of Old Cairo to a Brooklynite tie salesman who … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
In Jonathan Lethem’s novel “You Don’t Love Me Yet,” the action centers around a Los Angeles band that catch their lucky break while playing a song they didn’t really write at a gig where they were supposed to play silently. … Continue reading
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