Curt Leviant, Author . Univ. of Wisconsin $21.95 (168p) ISBN 978-0-299-17950-2
The Jewish mystical tradition comes to the fore in these two novellas, which chronicle scholarly quests into the dusty vaults of history and memory. In "Ladies and Gentlemen," musicologist Isaac Gantz journeys to Budapest and encounters...
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Curt Leviant, Author Livingston Press (AL) $24 (208p) ISBN 978-0-942979-64-0
An ambitious novel that attempts to pay homage to the body of literature immortalizing Venice, Leviant's fourth book (after The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah) is sabotaged by its own insufferable protagonist. Middle-aged Thomas Manning has come to...
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Curt Leviant, Author Jewish Publication Society of America $7.6 (222p) ISBN 978-0-8276-0371-4
Although Rabbi Nachman died in the early 1800s, the Bratslaver Hasidim have never seen fit to replace him as their leader. Unique in this respect in the annals of Hasidism, they are thus known as the ``Dead Hasidim.'' In Leviant's ( Passion in the...
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Curt Leviant. Dzanc, $17.95 trade paper (188p) ISBN 978-1-950539-91-8
Leviant (Me, Mo, Mu, Ma, & Mod) offers a witty meditation on romantic infatuation. Giorgio, a middle-aged American author who understands more Italian than he can speak, has a chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Sofia by the beach in Parma.
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