WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS: An International Anthology of Jewish Fabulist Fiction
, WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS: An International Anthology of Jewis. , $26 (360pp) ISBN 978-0-9679683-5-3
Readers combing through this anthology can expect a rich assortment of 24 fanciful short stories, with just a few duds. All of the stories are "fabulist"—that is, they cull from magical realism in the style of Gabriel García Márquez. In Joe Hill's delightfully creative "Pop Art," readers learn the sad story of a boy whose best friend is, due to a birth defect, inflatable; he can't talk, and his very life is threatened by sharp branches, fork tines and other objects that might puncture him. In a tale that suggests what would have happened had Sholem Aleichem ever traveled to the American South, Steve Stern tells the saga of a flying rebbe from Tennessee. Fans who couldn't get enough of
Reviewed on: 04/09/2001
Genre: Fiction
Paperback - 333 pages - 978-1-931229-30-2