{"product_id":"sunday-jews-paperback","title":"Sunday Jews - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHortense Calisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHortense Calisher has been hailed as \"stand[ing] vividly with Cather and Fitzgerald\" (Cynthia Ozick). In this, her latest and most lauded novel, she explores a family united in blood yet divided by ideas. Son Charles hopes to be a Supreme Court justice; family beauty Nell has children by different lovers; art expert Erika has a nose job; and artist Zach has two wives. Their mother, infamous in Israel, born of a well-to-do Boston background but no longer rich, is bound to a past that never quite dies. The buried history of this extraordinary--and very American--family comes to light unexpectedly when grandson Bert brings home as a wife the woman who, years ago, joined the family circle, then mysteriously disappeared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with wit and deep acuity, \u003cem\u003eSunday Jews\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force from a writer whose fiction has justly been compared with that of Eudora Welty and Henry James, and whose ability to delineate our lives is unparalleled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rich family saga and a crowning achievement from a grande dame of American letters \u003cbr\u003eHortense Calisher has been hailed as \"stand[ing] vividly with Cather and Fitzgerald\" (Cynthia Ozick). In this, her latest and most lauded novel, she explores a family united in blood yet divided by ideas. Son Charles hopes to be a Supreme Court justice; family beauty Nell has children by different lovers; art expert Erika has a nose job; and artist Zach has two wives. Their mother, infamous in Israel, born of a well-to-do Boston background but no longer rich, is bound to a past that never quite dies. The buried history of this extraordinary--and very American--family comes to light unexpectedly when grandson Bert brings home as a wife the woman who, years ago, joined the family circle, then mysteriously disappeared.\u003cbr\u003eTold with wit and deep acuity, \u003ci\u003eSunday Jews\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force from a writer whose fiction has justly been compared with that of Eudora Welty and Henry James, and whose ability to delineate our lives is unparalleled. \u003cbr\u003e\"A rare fictional exploration of a great and disturbing theme.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Summons a genuinely affecting lyrical elegiac voice, celebrating lives and ways of life as they pass into something else.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHortense Calisher\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than twenty books. Past president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of PEN, she has been a National Book Award finalist three times and has won an O. Henry Award, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHortense Calisher\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than twenty books. Past president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and of PEN, she has been a National Book Award finalist three times and has won an O. Henry Award, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. She lives in New York City. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 712\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.04 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762747113760,"sku":"9780156027458","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fea79a71077cd966a91e31c5ce8e2b99.webp?v=1780225085","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sunday-jews-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}