Three novellas about the Pinch, a forgotten Jewish community in a backwater of Memphis, Tennessee, weave a tapestry of lives scarred by the past and transformed by the promise of assimilation and the sacrifices of preceding generations
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From the Back Cover:
Steve Stern returns with lyrically comic tales about the Pinch, a backwater Jewish community in Memphis, whose misbegotten citizens refer to themselves as 'the lost tribe.' Stern's dreamers are plagued by history, lust, solitude, and the extravagance of their own fevered imaginations.
About the Author:
Steve Stern is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Skidmore College.
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- PublisherScribner
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0684195321
- ISBN 13 9780684195322
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages267
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