Ebook {Epub PDF} The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories by Steve Stern

The Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern’s stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter. “In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick/5(5). The Book of Mischief | "In the 25 years since Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick But Stern was there first." --The Toronto Globe and MailThe Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by . "In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick But Stern was there first." —The Toronto Globe and MailThe Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to.

"Steve Stern masterfully creates different voices and narrators, employing colorful and descriptive language and humor." Steve Stern's catchy, well titled, and well written collection of short stories, The Book of Mischief, is a wonderfully imaginative group of tales steeped in Jewish folklore and inspired by such writers as Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Malamud, and. The Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to a turn-of-thecentury immigrant community in New York; from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a down-at-the-heels. The Book of Mischief | "In the 25 years since Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick But Stern was there first." --The Toronto Globe and MailThe Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story.

“Mischief” is indeed the operative term here, for Stern’s characters are subtle, slyly humorous and at times poignant. Stern’s geographical range is impressive, with most of the stories unfolding in The Pinch, the Jewish section in—of all incongruous places—Memphis, Tenn. The Book of Mischief | "In the 25 years since Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick But Stern was there first." --The Toronto Globe and MailThe Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's new book of short stories, "The Book of Mischief", is filled with Jews who are caught in all sorts of situations. Divided into four sections - Memphis' "Pinch" area, New York's lower East Side, Europe, and The Catskills - Stern's stories bring the reader an immediate connection with the "place" and "time" of those situations.