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Overview
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. English. Selections
- Series
- Library of America (Series) ; 151
Library of America ; 151. - Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, [2004]
©2004 - Contents
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Old love (1979):
One night in Brazil
Yochna and Shmelke
Two
The psychic journey
Elka and Meier
A party in Miami Beach
Two weddings and one divorce
A cage for Satan
Brother Beetle
The boy knows the truth
There are no coincidences
Not for the Sabbath
The safe deposit
The betrayer of Israel
Tanhum
The manuscript
The power of darkness
The bus
from The collected stories (1982):
A night in the poorhouse
Escape from civilization
Vanvild Kava
The reencounter
Moon and madness
The image and other stories (1985):
Advice
One day of happiness
The bond
The interview
The divorce
Strong as death is love
Why Heisherik was born
The enemy
Remnants
On the way to the poorhouse
Loshikl
The pocket remembered
The secret
A nest egg for Paradise
The conference
Miracles
The litigants
A telephone call on Yom Kippur
Strangers
The mistake
Confused
The image
from Gifts (1985):
The trap
The smuggler
Gifts
from The death of Methuselah and other stories (1988):
The Jew from Babylon
The house friend
Burial at sea
The recluse
Disguised
The accuser and the accused - A peephole in the gate
The bitter truth
The impresario
Logarithms
Runners to nowhere
The missing line
The hotel
Dazzled
Sabbath in Gehenna
The last gaze
The death of Methuselah
Uncollected stories:
The bird
"My adventures as an idealist"
Exes
Between shadows
Hershele and Hanele, or the power of a dream
Pity
The angry man
The mathematician
The building project
The painting
Morris and Timna
Two
Eulogy to a shoelace. - Notes
-
"Ilan Stavans is the editor of this volume"--page after t.p. verso.
Old love (1979): -- One night in Brazil -- Yochna and Shmelke -- Two -- The psychic journey -- Elka and Meier -- A party in Miami Beach -- Two weddings and one divorce -- A cage for Satan -- Brother Beetle -- The boy knows the truth -- There are no coincidences -- Not for the Sabbath -- The safe deposit -- The betrayer of Israel -- Tanhum -- The manuscript -- The power of darkness -- The bus -- from The collected stories (1982): -- A night in the poorhouse -- Escape from civilization -- Vanvild Kava -- The reencounter -- Moon and madness -- The image and other stories (1985): -- Advice -- One day of happiness -- The bond -- The interview -- The divorce -- Strong as death is love -- Why Heisherik was born -- The enemy -- Remnants -- On the way to the poorhouse -- Loshikl -- The pocket remembered -- The secret -- A nest egg for Paradise -- The conference -- Miracles -- The litigants -- A telephone call on Yom Kippur -- Strangers -- The mistake -- Confused -- The image --
from Gifts (1985): -- The trap -- The smuggler -- Gifts -- from The death of Methuselah and other stories (1988): -- The Jew from Babylon -- The house friend -- Burial at sea -- The recluse -- Disguised -- The accuser and the accused - A peephole in the gate -- The bitter truth -- The impresario -- Logarithms -- Runners to nowhere -- The missing line -- The hotel -- Dazzled -- Sabbath in Gehenna -- The last gaze -- The death of Methuselah -- Uncollected stories: -- The bird -- "My adventures as an idealist" -- Exes -- Between shadows -- Hershele and Hanele, or the power of a dream -- Pity -- The angry man -- The mathematician -- The building project -- The painting -- Morris and Timna -- Two -- Eulogy to a shoelace.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1931082634
- Physical Description
- xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm.
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