The powerful voice of David Shrayer-Petrov's immigrant fiction
blends Russian, Jewish, and American traditions. Collecting an
autobiographical novel and three short stories, ""Autumn in Yalta""
brings together the achievements of the great Russian masters
Chekhov and Nabokov and the magisterial Jewish and American
storytellers Bashevis Singer and Malamud. Shrayer-Petrov's fiction
examines the forces and contradictions of love through different
ethnic, religious, and social lenses. Set in Stalinist Russia, the
novel ""Strange Danya Rayev"" revolves around the wartime
experiences of a Jewish Russian boy evacuated from his besieged
native Leningrad to a remote village in the Ural Mountains. In the
title story ""Autumn in Yalta"", the idealistic protagonist, Dr.
Samoylovich, is sent to a Siberian prison camp because of his
ill-fated love for Polechka, a tuberculosis patient. In ""The Love
of Akira Watanabe"" once again unrequited love is the focus of the
central character, a displaced Japanese professor at a New England
university. A fishing expedition and an old Jewish recipe make for
a surprise ending in Carp for the Gefilte Fish, a tale of a
childless couple from Belarus and their American employers. In the
tradition of other physician-writers, such as Anton Chekhov and
William Carlos Williams, Shrayer-Petrov's prose is marked by
analytical exactitude and passionate humanism. Love and memory,
dual identity, and the experience of exile are the chief
components.
General
| Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Library of Modern Jewish Literature |
| Release date: |
April 2006 |
| First published: |
April 2006 |
| Authors: |
David Shrayer-Petrov
|
| Dimensions: |
220 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
235 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-0820-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8156-0820-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780815608202 |
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