The Emerald Archive is a novel in verse about a Jewish-Iranian
emigre family living in Manhattan. The book is a theme and
variations. It opens with a three-page prose "theme" that
summarizes the plot of the entire book. The remaining pages are a
series of poems that function as a collection of variations on the
theme. The story unfolds through the poems. The final page, in
prose, ties together the themes of the book. The major characters
of The Emerald Archive include a high-earning dental surgeon and
his depressive wife, a gay librarian, an accounting student, a
stripper, a concert pianist and a Park Avenue psychoanalyst. There
are numerous minor characters.
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