num_pages: 200
description: Leonard Michaels (January 2, 1933 - May 10, 2003) was a famed American writer of short stories, novels, and essays. I Would Have Saved Them If I Could was his second collection of short stories, originally published in 1975."Leonard Michaels's stories stand alongside those of his best Jewish contemporaries - Grace Paley and Philip Roth." - Mona Simpson, The New York Times Book Review"Leonard Michaels was an original... with a concise, pungent and pyrotechnic style that tolerated no flab." - Phillip Lopate, The Nation"As good as any writer you're likely to run across." - Alex Abramovich, Bookforum
language: English
title: I Would Have Saved Them If I Could
titlecomplete: I Would Have Saved Them If I Could
genres: Jewish, Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 231
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux