Light Fell
$33.12
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2009
Summary
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award for FictionWinner of the Publishing Triangle’s Edmund White Award for Debut FictionTwenty years have passed since literature professor Joseph Licht left behind his entire life-his wife, Rebecca; his five sons; his father; and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up-when he fell in love with a man, the brilliant and charismatic rabbi Yoel Rosenzweig. Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the lives of Joseph…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781569475362 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1569475369 |
| Author: | Evan Fallenberg |
| Publisher: | Soho Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Soho Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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Critics Review
Awarded the 2009 Stonewall Prize for Fiction.
Winner of the Publishing Triangle’s 2008 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.
“Touching … It raises brave questions about the nature of family and betrayal, rupture and healing.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A stirring exploration of obsession, spirituality and the healing power of time … Light Fell is an astonishingly accomplished first novel, wisely attuned to life’s infinitely strange turns.” —The Miami Herald
“Evan Fallenberg has written an honest and brave book.” —Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of An Almost Perfect Moment
“Elegant … Moving.” —The Jewish Daily Forward
“Powerful.” —Victoria Redel, author of The Border of Truth
“Credible and absorbing.” —Publishers Weekly
“Fallenberg’s smoothly flowing observations of father-son bonds and of love of many kinds resonates on many levels.” —Booklist
“Intelligent.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Compelling.” —Library Journal
“Exquisite, marvelously peopled and extraordinarily moving.” —Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of The Illuminated Soul
About The Author
Evan Fallenberg
Evan Fallenbergis a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and has lived in Israel since 1985, where he is a writer, teacher, and translator. His recent translations include novels by Batya Gur, Meir Shalev, and Ron Leshem. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Vermont College MFA program in creative writing.Light Fellis his first novel.
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