{"product_id":"the-peace-process-a-novella-and-stories-paperback","title":"The Peace Process: A Novella and Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Jay Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new collection from one of American literature's most original and hilarious purveyors of dark comedy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Silenced by the horrors of Nazi Germany, a Jewish satirist is inspired to write again by his biggest fan: Joseph Goebbels. A retired English teacher dies on the operating table and wakes up to an afterlife in which literature does not exist; he can claim any masterpiece as his own, from \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e--if only he can remember what actually happens in those stories. On his first trip to the Holy Land, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker reluctantly agrees to help a young Israeli Arab escape to New York, only to watch in dismay as the upstart lands a buxom, Yiddish-speaking girlfriend and a monster movie deal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mario Puzo once said that the world of Bruce Jay Friedman's short fiction is \"like a \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone \u003c\/i\u003ewith Charlie Chaplin.\" Ironic, clever, perceptive, and hysterical, \u003ci\u003e The Peace Process\u003c\/i\u003e is vintage Friedman--fourteen finely crafted tales that take dead aim at the sweet spot between pleasure and pain.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Jay Friedman (1930-2020) was a novelist, short story writer, playwright, memoirist, and screenwriter. He was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eStern \u003c\/i\u003e(1962), \u003ci\u003eA Mother's Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Guy's Book of Life \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), and\u003ci\u003e Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir \u003c\/i\u003e(2011). His best-known works of stage and screen include the off-Broadway hit \u003ci\u003eSteambath \u003c\/i\u003e(1970) and the screenplays for the films \u003ci\u003eStir Crazy \u003c\/i\u003e(1980) and \u003ci\u003eSplash \u003c\/i\u003e(1984), the latter of which received an Academy Award nomination. As editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eBlack Humor \u003c\/i\u003e(1965), Friedman helped popularize the distinctive literary style of that name in the United States and is widely regarded as one of its finest practitioners. According to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, his prose is \"a pure pleasure machine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771820572960,"sku":"9781504011730","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cfaa032be4bbc951bb1d7913435ea15a.webp?v=1780394475","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-peace-process-a-novella-and-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}