With the publication of "Elijah Visible, "Thane Rosenbaum emerged as a fresh and important new voice on the American literary scene, a young writer in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. In this haunting debut, Rosenbaum weaves together nine postmodern tales about Adam Posner, a young man determined to climb the American corporate ladder, who finds himself paralyzed by he legacy of the Holocaust. Encumbered by the psychic screams of his deceased parents, Posner embodies the ...
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With the publication of "Elijah Visible, "Thane Rosenbaum emerged as a fresh and important new voice on the American literary scene, a young writer in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. In this haunting debut, Rosenbaum weaves together nine postmodern tales about Adam Posner, a young man determined to climb the American corporate ladder, who finds himself paralyzed by he legacy of the Holocaust. Encumbered by the psychic screams of his deceased parents, Posner embodies the disintegration, as well as the spiritual search, of the modern Jewish family. Rosenbaum's stunning portrait of the post-Holocaust world will resonate with contemporary readers of all backgrounds.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Professor and Author Thane Rosenbaum in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 205 p. Audience: General/trade. Fine, as New, in a Fine, as New, dust jacket; a tight, clean, unread copy in Excellent condition. First Edition-First Printing with a full number line ending with a 1. Signed, signature only, on the Title page, by Professor and Author Thane Rosenbaum, in person, during his book promotion event for this Title in Princeton, NJ in 1996, shortly after publication. "Elijah Visible" is Thane's first collection, which weaves together nine postmodern tales told in the great Jewish storytelling tradition of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Babel. Kirkus Reviews opines-"The Best Pieces here are quite good indeed, however, and make their author a voice worth hearing". Rest assured, this collectible copy is well protected in an archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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Good in Good jacket. CE3-A tight, clean, sound copy in ivory paper covered boards quarter bound white cloth with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the front and back fixed endpaepers plus there are the usual library stamps and labels on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front fixed and free endpapers, and the copyright page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with library label on the spine and on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original librayr mylar sleeve. A collection of nine short stories about the lives of America's young and affluent Jews. 205p.
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