- Summary
- "Blume Lempel is a fearless storyteller whose imagination skillfully moves between the realistic and the fantastic, the lyrical and the philosophical. Her subjects like her settings -- Paris, Poland, Brooklyn, Tel Aviv, California -- range widely. A Holocaust survivor speaks to the shadows in her garden; a pious old woman imagines romance; a New York subway commuter forges a bond with a homeless woman; and in the title story, a mother is drawn into a transgressive relationship with her blind son. Lempel's narratives are masterpieces of poetic imagery and startling modernist touches, suffused with an abiding compassions"-- Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Lempel, Blume, author.
- Published
- Simsbury, Connecticut : Mandel Vilar Press ; Takoma Park, Maryland : Dryad Press, [2016]
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cassedy, Ellen, translator.
Taub, Yermiyahu Ahron, translator.
- Notes
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The first eleven stories in this volume were published in Yiddish in "A rege fun emes" (A moment of truth), by Blume Lempel (Tel Aviv: I.L. Peretz Publishing House, 1981). The second eleven stories were published in Yiddish in "Balade fun a kholem" (Ballad of a dream), by Blume Lempel (Tel Aviv: Israel Book Publishing House, 1986).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
