Saving Stanley
Subtitle: the Brickman stories
By: by Scott Nadelson.
Publisher: Hawthorne Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Portland, Ore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Jewish families -- Fiction.; Teenage boys -- Fiction.; New Jersey -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Scott Nadelson's interrelated short stories are narratives that bring into sudden focus the spirit and the stubborn resilience of the Brickmans, a Jewish family of four living in suburban New Jersey. The central character, Daniel Brickman, forges obstinately through his own plots and desires as he struggles to balance his sense of identity with his longing to gain acceptance from his family and peers. In "Kosher," Daniel's disdain for his parents' values and lifestyle, for their materialism and need for security, leads him to take a job as a telemarketer for the Robowski Fund for the Disabled, a charity benefiting two people only: Daniel and Helen Robowski. And in "Young Radicals," Daniel gathers research for a thesis on early Soviet history by interviewing his grandfather, now a retiree in Florida, who painted factories and sang Communist work songs in 1920s Leningrad before immigrating to America. This collection provides an examination of family life and the human instinct for attachment."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Saving Stanley; title: With equals alone; title: Mr. Mervin; title: Kosher; title: Anything you need; title: Young radicals; title: Why not?; title: Hannah of Troy.