The Book of Life

by Nadler, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780316248167
• ISBN10: 0316248169
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-21
• Publisher: Back Bay Books

Summary

These stunning tales about family, identity, and the lives of American Jews in the new century mark the debut of a spectacularly gifted writer. Forced together on a trip from Manhattan to Rhode Island, a father and son attempt to renew their bond over lobster, cigarettes, and a buried secret. A pure-hearted artist finds his devotion cruelly tested, while his true love tries to repent for the biggest mistake of her life. Unwittingly thrust into an open marriage, a man struggles to reconnect with his newly devout son. And in the book's daring first story, an arrogant businessman begins a forbidden affair during the High Holidays. Written in clear, crystalline prose,The Book of Lifecomprises seven stunning tales about faith, family, grief, love, temptation, and redemption that signal the arrival of a bold and exciting new writer.

Author Biography

Stuart Nadler is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he was awarded a Truman Capote Fellowship and a Teaching-Writing Fellowship. Recently, he was the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic.