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Light Fell

Evan Fallenberg

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English
Soho Press Inc
01 January 2009
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction

Twenty years have passed since literature professor Joseph Licht left behind his entire life-his wife, Rebecca; his five sons; his father; and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up-when he fell in love with a man, the brilliant and charismatic rabbi Yoel Rosenzweig. Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate through the lives of Joseph, Rebecca, and their sons in ways that none of them could have predicted.

Now, for his fiftieth birthday, Joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter-in-law he has never met spend the Sabbath with him in the Tel Aviv penthouse that he shares with a man, who is out of town that weekend. This will be the first time Joseph and all his sons will be together in nearly two decades.

The boys' lives have taken widely varying paths. While some have become extremely religious, another is completely cosmopolitan and secular, and their feelings toward their father range from acceptance to bitter resentment. As they prepare for this reunion, Joseph, his sons, and even Rebecca, must confront what was, what is, and what could have been.
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Imprint:   Soho Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   222g
ISBN:   9781569475362
ISBN 10:   1569475369
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Evan Fallenbergis a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and has lived in Israel since 1985, where he is a writer, teacher, and translator. His recent translations include novels by Batya Gur, Meir Shalev, and Ron Leshem. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Vermont College MFA program in creative writing.Light Fellis his first novel.

Reviews for Light Fell

"Awarded the 2009 Stonewall Prize for Fiction. Winner of the Publishing Triangle's 2008 Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction. “Touching . . . It raises brave questions about the nature of family and betrayal, rupture and healing."" —San Francisco Chronicle   ""A stirring exploration of obsession, spirituality and the healing power of time . . . Light Fell is an astonishingly accomplished first novel, wisely attuned to life’s infinitely strange turns."" —The Miami Herald   ""Evan Fallenberg has written an honest and brave book."" —Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of An Almost Perfect Moment   ""Elegant . . . Moving.” —The Jewish Daily Forward   ""Powerful."" —Victoria Redel, author of The Border of Truth   ""Credible and absorbing."" —Publishers Weekly   ""Fallenberg’s smoothly flowing observations of father-son bonds and of love of many kinds resonates on many levels.” —Booklist   ""Intelligent."" —Kirkus Reviews   ""Compelling."" —Library Journal   ""Exquisite, marvelously peopled and extraordinarily moving."" —Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of The Illuminated Soul"


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