The Family Markowitz: Fiction

ISBN: 0812984552

Author: Goodman, Allegra

Condition: New

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From the author of The Chalk Artist, this beloved collection of linked stories is one of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while (The Boston Globe).In this beloved collection of linked short stories, Allegra Goodman writes with wit and compassion about three generations of Markowitzes: Rose, the displaced, cantankerous matriarch; her devoted son, Henry, an aesthete living abroad; his younger brother, Ed, a Georgetown scholar specializing in terrorism; Eds wife, Sarah, a housewife with stalled literary ambitions; and their eldest daughter, Miriam, whose budding Orthodoxy bewilders her parents. Through the rhythm of ordinary family rituals-weddings, holiday dinners, hospital vigils-Goodman breathes extraordinary life into a cast of characters who reverberate with authenticity and never fail to speak their minds.Praise for The Family MarkowitzThese stories sound like no one elses. . . . Goodman is brilliant at capturing the clutter of both interior and exterior life.-Los Angeles TimesEntertaining . . . The Family Markowitz has great consistency and charm.-Claire Messud, The New York Times Book ReviewA revelation . . . Goodmans prose has a steady, silent reserve that always indicates she has bigger things in mind.-Dwight Garner, SalonOne of the most astute and engaging books about American family life to have come our way in quite a while . . . [Allegra Goodman] has a gift for conveying the peculiar subtleties of Jewish culture.-The Boston GlobeFunny and wise and keenly observed . . . one of the most engaging, maddening, and recognizable families to come along in years . . . an enchanting book.-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times