Aryeh Lev Stollman's first novel, The Far Euphrates, was hailed as "radiant" and "remarkable" by The New York Times Book Review. The Boston Globe called his second novel, The Illuminated Soul, "profound" and claimed that "Stollman has forged a uniquely Jewish Perspective on the classic mind-body problem." But Stollman's career began with stories that have appeared in leading literary journals, including American Short Fiction, The Yale Review, The Southwest Review, Tikkun, and Story magazine. Collected here, they address the themes he has grappled with so memorably in his novels: "the pull of the past over the present and the profound effects that one person can have on another" (San Francisco Chronicle); the aftershocks of the Holocaust; the convergence of science, the imagination, and the spiritual realm; and the way art can shape our humanity. In these stories, Stollman continues to blend the everyday with the mystical, the mundane with the extraordinary, and the waking world with the world of dreams.
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A story collection from the author of two celebrated novels: The Far Euphrates and The Illuminated Soul.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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An expert weaver, Stollman brings together themes of religion, science, and love into an emotional whole. -- Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2003
Stollman's weightier fictions - elegantly written and wise - returns literature to its rightful role. -- Miami Herald, March 2, 2003
Stollman's weightier fictions - elegantly written and wise - returns literature to its rightful role. -- Miami Herald, March 2, 2003
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It is always interesting to read the short stories of a writer whose novels you love. Aryeh Lev Stollman's debut novel The Far Euphrates won readers from Jewish intellectuals to the judges of the Lambda prize. His second book was a beautiful excursion into the love of a boy for an older woman, strung and stretched over years and a hideous moral dilemma. The stories show Stollman to be a writer of real range and will serve as a fine introduction to one of our best writers.The stories were published before in little magazines over a period of almost a decade. Readers who admired Aryeh Lev Stollman's novel The Far Euphrates and The Illuminated Soul as well as those new to him have a special treat waiting for them in his new collection of short stories. Some of the stories reveal the roots of the ideas Stollman juggles in all his fiction: the vividness of the soul in a failing body and brain, deep loyalties of heart and belief tested by change, the choices of children as they approach the world with less innocence and more reason than we can ever guess. As ever, the Holocaust haunts his work but no more than the universal question of the survival and perpetuation of goodness in a world of evil. He is interested in the origins of man's goodness and imagination. His settings are in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Germany. I enjoyed reading the stories and hope that the collection will deepen the appreciation of many readers for this wonderful writer. I think this would be a good book for a book club interested in taking on readable literary fiction.
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The Great Love, George Hanley, Second Piano Concerto, Maestro Sahne, Opa Jacob, Paul Flucht, The Seat of Higher Consciousness, Dead Sea, State Department, Old City, Prime Minister, Rabbi Flucht, Shabbatai Sevi, Agron Street, Mickey Segal, Naomi Flucht, The Creation of Anat, Bais Yacov, Leeuwenhoek Prize, National Science Institute, Rosh Hashonah New!
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The Great Love, George Hanley, Second Piano Concerto, Maestro Sahne, Opa Jacob, Paul Flucht, The Seat of Higher Consciousness, Dead Sea, State Department, Old City, Prime Minister, Rabbi Flucht, Shabbatai Sevi, Agron Street, Mickey Segal, Naomi Flucht, The Creation of Anat, Bais Yacov, Leeuwenhoek Prize, National Science Institute, Rosh Hashonah New!
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- The Far Euphrates by Aryeh Lev Stollman in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The Illuminated Soul by Aryeh Lev Stollman in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Die tote Stadt: German Libretto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold on page 70
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Advanced Piano Duet) (Keyboard Ensemble) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 5
- Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge by Paul Zakrzewski in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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