{"product_id":"total-immersion-stories-paperback","title":"Total Immersion: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllegra Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Succession,\" the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper--and more troubling--rifts emerge...In \"The Closet,\" Evelyn's sister flees her family to take up residence in the attic--while the shunned Evelyn finds herself slipping into the waters of her sister's soul....In \"Wish List,\" an expert on terrorism, vacationing at an academic retreat in England, receives a late-night phone call from National Public Radio. Asked for commentary on a hostage situation of which he is ignorant, Ed can whisper only: \"It's unspeakable.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTotal Immersion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these and other exquisite stories, Allegra Goodman fills rooms with laughter and voices, captures dinner parties, seaside picnics, academic grudges, shul politics, and the kind of hurts that only families and lovers can know. Featuring two new stories previously published in The New Yorker, Total Immersion is Allegra Goodman's first collection of short fiction--a masterful work from one of the most powerful and eloquent voices on the American literary landscape.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Succession,\" the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper -- and more troubling -- rifts emerge...In \"The Closet,\" Evelyn's sister flees her family to take up residence in the attic -- while the shunned Evelyn finds herself slipping into the waters of her sister's soul....In \"Wish List,\" an expert on terrorism, vacationing at an academic retreat in England, receives a late-night phone call from National Public Radio. Asked for commentary on a hostage situation of which he is ignorant, Ed can whisper only: \"It's unspeakable.\" \u003cbr\u003eTotal Immersion \u003cbr\u003eIn these and other exquisite stories, Allegra Goodman fills rooms with laughter and voices, captures dinner parties, seaside picnics, academic grudges, shul politics, and the kind of hurts that only families and lovers can know. Featuring two new stories previously published in The New Yorker, Total Immersion is Allegra Goodman's first collection of short fiction -- a masterful work from one of the most powerful and eloquent voices on the American literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllegra Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Chalk Artist, Intuition, The Cookbook Collector, Paradise Park, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Kaaterskill Falls \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e and has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Awards \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has written two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Markowitz \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTotal Immersion \u003c\/i\u003eand a novel for younger readers, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Island. \u003c\/i\u003eHer essays and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The Boston Globe, The Jewish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar. \u003c\/i\u003eRaised in Honolulu, Goodman studied English and philosophy at Harvard and received a PhD in English literature from Stanford. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award, the Salon Award for Fiction, and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced study. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she is writing a new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 7.98 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763902578976,"sku":"9780385332996","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/963f97ac6dbf9dab8cb4182ee09e1438.webp?v=1780241833","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/total-immersion-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}