Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and America Syracuse University Press Oct. 2003 isbn: 0815607644 $24.95 Other Books by David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer

Harvard Book Store Author Series Presents:

Harvard Book Store is delighted to announce that on Thursday, November 13th David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer will be talking about their book, Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and America. Love, talent, and magic oppose - and sometimes vanquish - anti-Semitism, totalitarianism, and vulgarity in this collection of new and selected stories by David Shrayer-Petrov. From the deceptively simple narratives Apple Cider Vinegar and Hurricane Bob to the surrealist story Dismemberers and the magical tales Jonah and Sarah and Lanskoy Road, the tempo fluctuates, but David Shrayer-Petrov seamlessly preserves familiar voices. The stories have a genuine feel of the setting and epoch - the Russian stories work as narratives of everyday life, while the American stories offer an accurate sense of an émigré's alienation.

David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer

Author Biography:

David Shrayer-Petrov, a well-known contemporary Russian-American writer and medical scientist, has published sixteen books, including Herbert and Nelly, which was nominated for the Booker Russian Prize. His recent work includes a novel, Töstemaa Castle and a poetry collection, Form of Love.

Maxim D. Shrayer is a professor of Russian and English at Boston College. His books include The World of Nabokov's Stories, Russian Poet/Soviet Jew, and an Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature.