num_pages: 176
description: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Nadine Pagan's dyke sister Jane wants to find her. Her lover Rose wants to marry her. And her mother Fay wants to forget her. All Nadine wants is to stop the buzzing in her head. Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound follows Nadine's (née Morningstar) adventures as she escapes from her incendiary Jewish family into the lesbian town of New Chelm—and far beyond. This is the novel Isaac Bashevis Singer might have written if he'd been a lesbian with a keen eye for contemporary middle-class assimilation. It's Jewish magical lesbian realism, a good story, and a dynamic piece of writing. Includes an all new introduction by the author Judith Katz is the author of two published novels, The Escape Artist and Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound , which won the 1992 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction. She teaches cultural studies and literature courses for the University of Minnesota's Center for Jewish Studies.
language: English
title: Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound: A Novel
titlecomplete: Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Lesbian Fiction, Queer, LGBT, Lesbian, Jewish, Judaism
ratings_count: 104
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Fiction
publisher: Firebrand Books