A Disturbance in One Place

by Kirshenbaum, Binnie

• ISBN13: 9780880641647
• ISBN10: 0880641649
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Fromm Intl

Summary

Brazen and given to transgressions, the narrator of this mordantly witty novel is an aloof, tough talking, married Manhattan woman who carries on three affairs simultaneously, blithely breaking seven of the Ten Commandments in her search for a safe place to land. Rootless, bouncing from bed to bed, she knows she is pure of heart. If only she could find where her heart got lost. Irreverent and achingly honest, she points to the small but infinitely deep cracks in our masks, drawing the reader into her world of misadventure -- erotic, comic, and deeply unsettling. Juggling four men -- her husband, "the hit man," "the multimedia artist," and "the love of her life" -- she can't decide whether she is out to prove or disprove the Talmudic wisdom: If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.

Table of Contents

The Way Frankie Sings	p. 3
Brooklyn Ts	p. 6
An Angel's Kiss	p. 10
Check a Box	p. 15
Making Beds	p. 19
Awakening	p. 23
Forgiveness	p. 28
An Address	p. 34
A Brief Outline of My Accomplishments	p. 38
First Love, Last Love	p. 45
Breaking Fast	p. 54
Jews Have No Business Being Enamored of Germans	p. 58
The Ins and Outs of Committing Adultery	p. 65
Sons of Enormously Wealthy Men	p. 69
Guilty as Sin	p. 76
The Only Son	p. 83
Separate Bags	p. 88
Keeping Track	p. 94
Beginning with Jealous Greek Goddesses	p. 100
Another Crime of Passion	p. 104
An Eye for What Looks Good	p. 108
Mary Magdalene and Company	p. 111
Matinee	p. 115
To Know the Extreme	p. 118
That Little Exchange	p. 122
Seven Tales of Famine	p. 126
Going for Distance	p. 133
Another Hunger	p. 138
Eye of the Needle	p. 142
An Out-of-Body Experience	p. 147
A Parable	p. 151
Mirror, Mirror	p. 154
Why Is a Good Question	p. 158
Part of My Other Life	p. 162
Haircut	p. 167
Under the Aegean Sky	p. 170
Recorded Messages	p. 176
From Inside the Bone	p. 180
Grandmother in Wolf's Clothing	p. 185
The Confidence Game	p. 191
Heart Failure	p. 194
In Black and White	p. 197
Early the Next Morning	p. 200
Forfeit the Kiss	p. 203
Everything Passes	p. 207
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