Yom Kippur in Amsterdam

Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Cover of the book Yom Kippur in Amsterdam by Maxim D. Shrayer, Syracuse University Press
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Author: Maxim D. Shrayer ISBN: 9780815651055
Publisher: Syracuse University Press Publication: September 8, 2009
Imprint: Syracuse University Press Language: English
Author: Maxim D. Shrayer
ISBN: 9780815651055
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication: September 8, 2009
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Language: English

Whether 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.

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Whether 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.

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