{"product_id":"yom-kippur-in-amsterdam-9780815609186","title":"Yom Kippur in Amsterdam","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maxim D. Shrayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.75w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2009 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44006776668275,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_17c8ca48-aec6-4ce3-9978-d19fdf270400.jpg?v=1761049077","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/yom-kippur-in-amsterdam-9780815609186","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}