Showing results for "Epstein" in Literary Fiction

Richard Jacobi, the narrator of these reflections, invites us to revisit the crucial experiences of his youth: driving to Malibu to meet the man determined to marry his mother; on vacation in the Mohave, while his father, the famed Hollywood figure Norman Jacobi and Lotte, his mother, must deal with the terrible consequences of Norman's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities; exploring how a night in a bar and brothel in Tijuana becomes linked to the spiritual growth of his brother, Bartie, who is surely destined to be one of the most memorable and endearing characters in modern literature; viewing a precarious initiation into sexuality that will mark forever the way an artist sees the world and does his work.

“Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer.”—Washington Post Unfolding during an invasion of Gaza, The Lover tells the story of an affair between a young Israeli soldier and a Canadian woman. The emotional realities of ideology and war begin to change the lovers, who undergo a parallel...

Convencido de que morirá dentro de una hora, Tobías ni siquiera se tomó el tiempo para vestirse para una visita de emergencia a su homeópata, el Dr. Svarsky. Por lo tanto, es en su bata y zapatillas que accidentalmente se encuentra con la suegra del médico frente al edificio Mignón. Alto y...

"Amy se ha dado cuenta de su embarazo en el momento más difícil de su vida. Cuando las cosas no podían ir tan mal, el pasado de Brandon sigue siendo un obstáculo grande en su amor. Lucha o no, Amy se encuentra desprotegida sintiéndose más sola que nunca, su vida correrá peligro sin...