There Are Jews in My House: Stories

There Are Jews in My House: Stories

Innocence rounds the bend to experience in these beautifully shaped stories of Moscow and Brooklyn, which take up the worldview of the young and overlooked. The stunning Second World War story that opens the book is a masterpiece of ambivalenceâ€”about the simultaneous generosity and hypocrisy of Galina, a gentile Russian woman who offers safe harbor to a Jewish friend and her daughter during the German occupation. In â€œLove Lessonsâ€”Mondays, 9 A.M.,â€ a young math teacher is assigned to teach a girlsâ€™ sex education class, even though she herself is still awaiting her first kiss. And in â€œMistress,â€ a boy newly arrived in this country bears witness to the intimate details of his grandparentsâ€™ new and diverging lives: his grandmotherâ€™s doctorsâ€™ appointments, where he is charged with translating her myriad complaints into English, and his grandfatherâ€™s clandestine courtship of another woman.

Adept at both snapshots and long exposures, Lara Vapnyar, herself a recent immigrant, writes of lifeâ€™s adventures and possibilities, its disappointments and unexpected turns, with delicate humor, brilliant timing, and striking emotional honesty. She is a writer to relish and to watch.
Country USA
Manufacturer Pantheon
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2003-12-02
EANs 9780375422508

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