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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exotic and spare, a bull's eye to the heart.,
By Elizabeth Isaacson (Providence, RI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love Among the Greats (Paperback)
Edith Pearlman's writes of people and places, varied in geography, time and circumstance. She hits the emotional center every time with a simplicity and intelligence that surprises and touches. I love short stories and Edith's are right on. From Jerusalem to Boston, from university scholar to a waitress in Maine, these stories and their characters are eccentric or off beat and unexpected. A woman loses her gay Jewish husband and replaces him with an African American pediatrician, a heterosexual, yet still so different from her that her loneliness pierces the reader's heart. Read these stories for their intelligence and their warmth. ...
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Winner of the 2001 Spokane Prize for short fiction,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Love Among the Greats (Paperback)
Winner of the 2001 Spokane Prize for short fiction, Love Among The Greats by Edith Perlman is an enthralling and enthusiastically recommended anthology featuring characters ranging from children, to the elderly, toy makers, lovers, invalids, schmoozers, angels, and others. The captivating and superbly crafted portrayals of human dilemmas and enduringly powerful bonds developed in each of these outstanding stories combine to fashion a common, compelling theme that will keep the reader thoroughly hooked from tale to tale.
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Love Among the Greats by Edith Pearlman (Paperback - Mar. 2002)
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