{"product_id":"yom-kippur-in-amsterdam-paperback","title":"Yom Kippur in Amsterdam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxim D. Shrayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether set in Maxim D. Shrayer's native Russia or in North America and Western Europe, the eight stories in this collection explore emotionally intricate relationships that cross traditional boundaries of ethnicity, religion, and culture. Tracing the lives, obsessions, and aspirations of Jewish-Russian immigrants, these poignant, humorous, and tender stories create an expansive portrait of individuals struggling to come to terms with ghosts of their European pasts while simultaneously seeking to build new lives in their American present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe title story follows Jake Glaz, a young Jewish man apprehensive about marrying a Catholic woman. After realizing Erin will not convert, Jake leaves the United States to spend Yom Kippur in Amsterdam, \"a beautiful place for a Jew to atone.\" In \"Sonetchka\" a literary scholar and his former girlfriend from Moscow reunite in her suburban Connecticut apartment. As they reminisce about their Soviet youth and quietly admire each other's professional successes, both wrestle with the curious mix of prosperity, loneliness, and insecurity that defines their lives in the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYom Kippur in Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e takes the immigrant narrative into the twenty-first century. Emerging from the traditions of Isaac Babel, Vladimir Nabokov, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, Shrayer's vibrant literary voice significantly contributes to the evolution of Jewish writing in America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxim D. Shrayer\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eThe World of Nabokov's Stories, Russian Poet\/Soviet Jew, \u003c\/i\u003eand the literary memoir \u003ci\u003eWaiting for America: A Story of Emigration. \u003c\/i\u003eA bilingual author and translator, Shrayer won the National Jewish Book Award for the two-volume \u003ci\u003eAnthology of Jewish-Russian Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 141\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.55 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757827784992,"sku":"9780815609988","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74b697d1c38462de2964d3e0835fc8cc.webp?v=1780112715","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yom-kippur-in-amsterdam-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}