Oedipus in Brooklyn & other stories:

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Lempel, Blume 1907-1999 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cassedy, Ellen 1950- (ÜbersetzerIn), Ṭaub, Yermiyahu Aharon (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Simsbury, Connecticut Mandel Vilar Press ; Dryad Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"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"...
Beschreibung: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
Beschreibung:224 pages
ISBN:9781942134251
9781942134213