· Fabulous Small Jews.: Joseph Epstein. HMH, Jul 6, - Fiction - pages. 2 Reviews. Witty, “utterly compelling” short stories about Jewish men of a certain age, by the New York 4/5(2). Joseph Epstein's book of short stories was recommended to me by a favorite colleague (coincidentally, a fabulous small Jew), and I understand his enthusiasm. This is a collection nothing short of amazing, in the way that all the stories reveal people in everyday dilemmas that often force them to confront change unwittingly, and upending their lives/5(87). In Fabulous Small Jews, the best-selling author Joseph Epstein has produced eighteen charming, magical, and finely detailed stories. They are populated by lawyers, professors, scrap-iron dealers, dry cleaners, all men of a certain age who feel themselves adrift in the radically changed values of the day/5(91).
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Fabulous Small Jews by Joseph Epstein (, Hardcover, Teacher's edition) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Fabulous Small Jews.: Joseph Epstein. HMH, Jul 6, - Fiction - pages. 2 Reviews. Witty, "utterly compelling" short stories about Jewish men of a certain age, by the New York Times-bestselling author of Snobbery (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review). Set in Chicago and populated by characters ranging from lawyers and professors to. In his first collection of stories since Fabulous Small Jews, Joseph Epstein delivers all the pleasures his readers have come to expect: stories of ordinary men confronting the moments that define a life, told with the bittersweet humor and loving irony encompassed in the title of the book. These fo.
In Fabulous Small Jews, the best-selling author Joseph Epstein has produced eighteen charming, magical, and finely detailed stories. They are populated by lawyers, professors, scrap-iron dealers, dry cleaners, all men of a certain age who feel themselves adrift in the radically changed values of the day. Epstein's richly drawn characters are at various crossroads and turning points in their lives: bitter Seymour Hefferman, who anonymously sends scathing postcards to writers until he gets caught;. FABULOUS SMALL JEWS. STORIES. by Joseph Epstein ‧RELEASE DATE: July 7, Literary influence suffuses, and intermittently cramps, the 17 nonetheless very readable stories from the former American Scholar editor and cultural critic (Snobbery, , etc.). Their turf is Chicago, and their characters are middle-aged to elderly urban Jews bedeviled by waning or vanished physical and mental powers and the further debilitating spectacle of encroaching. In Fabulous Small Jews, the best-selling author Joseph Epstein has produced eighteen charming, magical, and finely detailed stories. They are populated by lawyers, professors, scrap-iron dealers, dry cleaners, all men of a certain age who feel themselves adrift in the radically changed values of the day. Epstein's richly drawn characters are at various crossroads and turni.
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