num_pages: 224
description: Winner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these ten stories and the title novella, "Ellis Island," exhibit tremendous range and versatility of style and technique, yet are closely unified in their beauty and in their concern with enduring and universal questions.
language: English
title: Ellis Island And Other Stories
titlecomplete: Ellis Island And Other Stories
genres: Jewish, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, American Fiction, Literature, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 907
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Mariner Books