The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOK - From the author of The Chalk Artist, this beloved collection of linked stories is one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while (The Boston Globe). In this beloved collection of linked short stories, Allegra Goodman writes with wit and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes: Rose, the displaced, cantankerous matriarch; her devoted son, Henry, an aesthete living abroad; his younger brother, Ed, a Georgetown scholar specializing in terrorism; Ed's wife, Sarah, a housewife with stalled literary ambitions; and their eldest daughter, Miriam, whose budding Orthodoxy bewilders her parents. Through the rhythm of ordinary family rituals--weddings, holiday dinners, hospital vigils--Goodman breathes extraordinary life into a cast of characters who reverberate with authenticity and never fail to speak their minds. Praise for The Family Markowitz These stories sound like no one else's. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life.--Los Angeles Times Entertaining . . . The Family Markowitz has great consistency and charm.--Claire Messud, The New York Times Book Review A revelation . . . Goodman's prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind.--Dwight Garner, Salon One of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture.--The Boston Globe Funny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book.--Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAllegra Goodman's writing has been published in the New Yorker, Good Housekeeping, Slate, and the American Scholar, among other publications. She was named one of the twenty best authors under forty by the New Yorker, and she has also won a Whiting Award and the Salon magazine prize for fiction. She resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780671013882 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671013882 |
| Title | The Family Markowitz |
| Author | Allegra Goodman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Washington Square Press |
| Year published | 2003-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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