num_pages: 260
description: A collection of tales set in Pinch, a Jewish community perched on a river bluff above Memphis. Here, wonderful and strange things happen: the angel of death visits in a blue serge suit; the voice of God commands Morton Gruber to collaborate on a book; and an aunt goes on a celestial blind date.
language: English
title: Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven: Stories
titlecomplete: Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven: Stories
genres: Jewish
ratings_count: 40
series: Library of Modern Jewish Literature
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Edward Lewis Wallant Award
publisher: Syracuse University Press