01530nam a2200217Ia 4500 CTU_141021 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 813.54 L484 Leegant, Joan An hour in paradise : Stories Joan Leegant New York Norton 2003 Joan Leegant's collection takes its title from the Yiddish proverb "Even an hour in Paradise is worthwhile." In settings from Jerusalem to Queens, from Hollywood's outskirts to Sarasota, Florida, the characters in this mesmerizing debut collection are drawn to the seductions of religion, soldiering on in search of divine and human connection. A former drug dealer turned yeshiva student faces his past with a dying AIDS patient. A disaffected American in the ancient city of Safed ventures into Kabbalist mysticism and gets more than he bargained for. A rabbi whose morning minyan is visited by a pair of Siamese twins considers the possibility that his guests are not mere mortals. An aging Jerusalemite chronicles his country's changes during the biblical year of rest. By turns poignant and comic, unflinching and compassionate—with a dose of fabulist daring—An Hour in Paradise explores the dangers and unforeseen rewards of our most fundamental longings. American fiction,Tiểu thuyết Mỹ 20th century,Thế kỷ 20 Tuyến Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ