Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories
by Scott Nadelson
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0971691525
- ISBN 13
- 9780971691520
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Brooktondale, New York, United States
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About This Item
Author-signed first printing. Softcover volume, with flaps, measures approximately 6" x 9", is in fine condition. Author's signature on title page under his printed name. 212 pages.
"Winner of the H.L. Davis Award for Short Fiction at the 2004 Oregon Book Awards and GLCA's 2005 New Writers Award, Scott Nadelson's interrelated short stories are graceful, vivid narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own plots and desires as he struggles to balance his sense of identity with his longing to gain acceptance from his family and peers. In Kosher, Daniel's disdain for his parents' values and lifestyle, for their materialism and need for security, leads him to take a job as a telemarketer for the Robowski Fund for the Disabled, a charity benefiting two people only: Daniel and Helen Robowski. And in "Young Radicals," Daniel gathers research for a thesis on early Soviet history by interviewing his grandfather, now a retiree in Florida, who painted factories and sang Communist work songs in 1920s Leningrad before immigrating to America. This fierce collection provides an unblinking examination of family life and the human instinct for attachment."
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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2633
- Title
- Saving Stanley: The Brickman Stories
- Author
- Scott Nadelson
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0971691525
- ISBN 13
- 9780971691520
- Publisher
- Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Oregon
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- US Literature, Judaica
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