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LOST TRIBE: JEWISH FICTION FROM THE EDGE
Edited by Paul Zakrzewski
(Perennial; An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; August 5, 2003; $14.95; Trade Paperback Original)
ISBN: 0060533463
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The best in literature defies categorization—just like the best in people. So call it "Jewish" if you like, or "edge" if you must, but there's some truly fine fiction in here. — Douglas Rushkoff, author of Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism and Coercion
A humorous battle between two falafel stands threatens to escalate into potentially deadly violence. An ultra-orthodox woman goes to great lengths—including the possible murder of her husband—to gain a divorce. A proud young Ukrainian translator enlists the help of his anti-Semitic grandfather, a dog named "Sammy Davis Jr. Jr.", and his own shaky hold on the English language, to help a college student find his ancestral shtetl. And a hip, single New Yorker, with a weakness for Nazi uniforms and sex games, turns to her beginner's knitting class—and a match-making Orthodox rabbi—to find a new Mr. Right.
LOST TRIBE, Jewish Fiction From The Edge (Perennial; An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; August 5, 2003; $14.95; Trade Paperback Original) edited by Paul Zakrzewski, is an edgy, irreverent collection of fiction from 25 of today’s leading new Jewish writers. The fresh voices gathered in this anthology are funny, raw, dark ― even outrageous ― reflecting a new sensibility among younger Jews; one that’s ironic, post-punk, queer-friendly, socially conscious, and Yiddish-inflected. It’s a sensibility found in magazines such as Heeb Magazine or its predecessors Tattoo Jew.com and Davka; in the plays of Tony Kushner; or in the music of John Zorn and the Klezmatics.
The great success of writers such as Myla Goldberg and Nathan Englander suggests that readers have an appetite for more than just the “old guard” of Jewish American writing. Zakrzewski, who has worked with these writers during his tenure as the literary director of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, compiled LOST TRIBE to highlight 25 top writers of the new vanguard, which he dubs the “post-Roth” generation. Just as Philip Roth unleashed his irreverent wit in Portnoy's Complaint to shock readers into a greater understanding of themselves, these writers flirt with controversial topics -- such as conflicted identities, sexual fetishes, religious intolerance, even the troubled legacy of the Holocaust -- to create a stirring picture of contemporary Jewish life.
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LOST TRIBE is the first major anthology of new Jewish fiction in a decade, and its stories bring the category right up to the very present. They range from the infamous stories which have helped to launch today’s best known young Jewish writers -- Nathan Englander’s “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,” Myla Goldberg’s “Bee Season,” and Jonathan Safran Foer’s “The Very Rigid Search” -- to new stories by acclaimed writers, such as Aryeh Lev Stollman's “Die Grosse Liebe,” Gary Shteyngart’s “Several Anecdotes About My Wife,” and Jon Papernick’s “The King of the King of Falafel.” And it includes fierce, original new work by talented newcomers including Peter Orner, Michael Lowenthal, Joan Leegant, Suzan Sherman, and Nelly Reifler – all� contributing to the collection with a mix of new and previously published stories.
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Sarah Chandler
Program Associate: Learning, Outreach, and Support
JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY� 10023 - 646.505.4458
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