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SUMMARY:Contemporary Jewish fiction
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Jewish fiction\nWith Cynthia Good \nThursdays\, October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 10:30 am (in-person & online) \n$30 for members; $45 for non-members \nWe look forward to in-person (and online) learning and the opportunity for in-depth study. Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion of two novels\, one about a young girl\, the other about an elderly woman and both with interesting narrative techniques. \nRegister here \nVera or Faith by Gary Shteyngart\nShteyngart’s sixth novel is a lively unusual Bildungsroman\, tracking the journey – literal\, educational\, emotional – of 10-year-old Vera Bradford-Shmulkin\, an overanxious\, over-watchful academic high achiever whose run of straight As has just been blighted by a B. A very modern blend of Russian\, Jewish\, Korean\, and New England WASP\, Vera’s family love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. \nVera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother\, Mom Mom\, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love’s survival in this great\, mad\, imploding world. Even if you have not been a Shteyngart fan in the past\, this is an accomplished novel paying homage to Henry James. Vera\, or Faith demonstrates why Shteyngart is\, in the words of The New York Times\, “one of his generation’s most exhilarating writers.” \nLONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time\, Washington Post\, NPR\, Oprah Daily\, Vox\, Denver Public Library\, Seattle Times\, The Cap Times\, Kirkus Reviews \nTen Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin\nCanadian writer Erick Beck Rubin has written what Sheila Heti calls “A beautiful and important novel about the end of life and what a life adds up to.” Based on the author’s own experience with his grandmother\, and her choice at end of life\, this novel explores Mary Beck’s past: her upbringing in pre-war Hungary\, surviving the war\, and her move to Canada. Friends and employees offer ‘testimony’ about who Mary Beck was\, in the fullness of her life. The generations surround her at her death\, not always agreeing on treatment or Mary’s choices\, and a portrait of a remarkable woman is revealed — her suffering\, loss\, and the devoted family she produced — in a way that is both structurally innovative and deeply loving. \nEric Beck Rubin is the author of the debut novel School of Velocity\, a Guardian Book of the Year. \n“Scrupulously observed and emotionally crushing\, Ten Clear Days asks profound questions about what it means to let go of someone we love. Beck Rubin wields language like a scalpel\, precise and unflinching. You’ve never read anything quite like this before.” Alison Pick\, author of Far To Go.
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/contemporary-jewish-fiction-2/2026-10-01/
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Jewish fiction
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Jewish fiction\nWith Cynthia Good \nThursdays\, October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 10:30 am (in-person & online) \n$30 for members; $45 for non-members \nWe look forward to in-person (and online) learning and the opportunity for in-depth study. Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion of two novels\, one about a young girl\, the other about an elderly woman and both with interesting narrative techniques. \nRegister here \nVera or Faith by Gary Shteyngart\nShteyngart’s sixth novel is a lively unusual Bildungsroman\, tracking the journey – literal\, educational\, emotional – of 10-year-old Vera Bradford-Shmulkin\, an overanxious\, over-watchful academic high achiever whose run of straight As has just been blighted by a B. A very modern blend of Russian\, Jewish\, Korean\, and New England WASP\, Vera’s family love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. \nVera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother\, Mom Mom\, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love’s survival in this great\, mad\, imploding world. Even if you have not been a Shteyngart fan in the past\, this is an accomplished novel paying homage to Henry James. Vera\, or Faith demonstrates why Shteyngart is\, in the words of The New York Times\, “one of his generation’s most exhilarating writers.” \nLONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time\, Washington Post\, NPR\, Oprah Daily\, Vox\, Denver Public Library\, Seattle Times\, The Cap Times\, Kirkus Reviews \nTen Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin\nCanadian writer Erick Beck Rubin has written what Sheila Heti calls “A beautiful and important novel about the end of life and what a life adds up to.” Based on the author’s own experience with his grandmother\, and her choice at end of life\, this novel explores Mary Beck’s past: her upbringing in pre-war Hungary\, surviving the war\, and her move to Canada. Friends and employees offer ‘testimony’ about who Mary Beck was\, in the fullness of her life. The generations surround her at her death\, not always agreeing on treatment or Mary’s choices\, and a portrait of a remarkable woman is revealed — her suffering\, loss\, and the devoted family she produced — in a way that is both structurally innovative and deeply loving. \nEric Beck Rubin is the author of the debut novel School of Velocity\, a Guardian Book of the Year. \n“Scrupulously observed and emotionally crushing\, Ten Clear Days asks profound questions about what it means to let go of someone we love. Beck Rubin wields language like a scalpel\, precise and unflinching. You’ve never read anything quite like this before.” Alison Pick\, author of Far To Go.
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/contemporary-jewish-fiction-2/2026-10-08/
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Jewish fiction
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Jewish fiction\nWith Cynthia Good \nThursdays\, October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 10:30 am (in-person & online) \n$30 for members; $45 for non-members \nWe look forward to in-person (and online) learning and the opportunity for in-depth study. Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion of two novels\, one about a young girl\, the other about an elderly woman and both with interesting narrative techniques. \nRegister here \nVera or Faith by Gary Shteyngart\nShteyngart’s sixth novel is a lively unusual Bildungsroman\, tracking the journey – literal\, educational\, emotional – of 10-year-old Vera Bradford-Shmulkin\, an overanxious\, over-watchful academic high achiever whose run of straight As has just been blighted by a B. A very modern blend of Russian\, Jewish\, Korean\, and New England WASP\, Vera’s family love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. \nVera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother\, Mom Mom\, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love’s survival in this great\, mad\, imploding world. Even if you have not been a Shteyngart fan in the past\, this is an accomplished novel paying homage to Henry James. Vera\, or Faith demonstrates why Shteyngart is\, in the words of The New York Times\, “one of his generation’s most exhilarating writers.” \nLONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time\, Washington Post\, NPR\, Oprah Daily\, Vox\, Denver Public Library\, Seattle Times\, The Cap Times\, Kirkus Reviews \nTen Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin\nCanadian writer Erick Beck Rubin has written what Sheila Heti calls “A beautiful and important novel about the end of life and what a life adds up to.” Based on the author’s own experience with his grandmother\, and her choice at end of life\, this novel explores Mary Beck’s past: her upbringing in pre-war Hungary\, surviving the war\, and her move to Canada. Friends and employees offer ‘testimony’ about who Mary Beck was\, in the fullness of her life. The generations surround her at her death\, not always agreeing on treatment or Mary’s choices\, and a portrait of a remarkable woman is revealed — her suffering\, loss\, and the devoted family she produced — in a way that is both structurally innovative and deeply loving. \nEric Beck Rubin is the author of the debut novel School of Velocity\, a Guardian Book of the Year. \n“Scrupulously observed and emotionally crushing\, Ten Clear Days asks profound questions about what it means to let go of someone we love. Beck Rubin wields language like a scalpel\, precise and unflinching. You’ve never read anything quite like this before.” Alison Pick\, author of Far To Go.
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/contemporary-jewish-fiction-2/2026-10-15/
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Jewish fiction
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary Jewish fiction\nWith Cynthia Good \nThursdays\, October 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, 10:30 am (in-person & online) \n$30 for members; $45 for non-members \nWe look forward to in-person (and online) learning and the opportunity for in-depth study. Join us this fall for our usual lively discussion of two novels\, one about a young girl\, the other about an elderly woman and both with interesting narrative techniques. \nRegister here \nVera or Faith by Gary Shteyngart\nShteyngart’s sixth novel is a lively unusual Bildungsroman\, tracking the journey – literal\, educational\, emotional – of 10-year-old Vera Bradford-Shmulkin\, an overanxious\, over-watchful academic high achiever whose run of straight As has just been blighted by a B. A very modern blend of Russian\, Jewish\, Korean\, and New England WASP\, Vera’s family love one another deeply but the pressures of life in an unstable America are fraying their bonds. \nVera wants only three things in life: to make a friend at school; Daddy and Anne Mom to stay together; and to meet her birth mother\, Mom Mom\, who will at last tell Vera the secret of who she really is and how to ensure love’s survival in this great\, mad\, imploding world. Even if you have not been a Shteyngart fan in the past\, this is an accomplished novel paying homage to Henry James. Vera\, or Faith demonstrates why Shteyngart is\, in the words of The New York Times\, “one of his generation’s most exhilarating writers.” \nLONGLISTED FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time\, Washington Post\, NPR\, Oprah Daily\, Vox\, Denver Public Library\, Seattle Times\, The Cap Times\, Kirkus Reviews \nTen Clear Days by Eric Beck Rubin\nCanadian writer Erick Beck Rubin has written what Sheila Heti calls “A beautiful and important novel about the end of life and what a life adds up to.” Based on the author’s own experience with his grandmother\, and her choice at end of life\, this novel explores Mary Beck’s past: her upbringing in pre-war Hungary\, surviving the war\, and her move to Canada. Friends and employees offer ‘testimony’ about who Mary Beck was\, in the fullness of her life. The generations surround her at her death\, not always agreeing on treatment or Mary’s choices\, and a portrait of a remarkable woman is revealed — her suffering\, loss\, and the devoted family she produced — in a way that is both structurally innovative and deeply loving. \nEric Beck Rubin is the author of the debut novel School of Velocity\, a Guardian Book of the Year. \n“Scrupulously observed and emotionally crushing\, Ten Clear Days asks profound questions about what it means to let go of someone we love. Beck Rubin wields language like a scalpel\, precise and unflinching. You’ve never read anything quite like this before.” Alison Pick\, author of Far To Go.
URL:https://holyblossom.org/event/contemporary-jewish-fiction-2/2026-10-22/
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