Title: An American Type
Description: Set in the dire year of 1938, Ira Stigman journeys to the famed artists' colony Yaddo, where he meets a blond, aristocratic pianist whose "calm, Anglo-Saxon radiance" engages him.The conflict with his ghetto Jewish roots forces Ira to set out on an illusionary quest for the promise of the American West.
Subjects: Fiction, Authors, Reminiscing in old age, Yaddo (Artist's colony), History, Yaddo (Artists' colony), Fiction, jewish, Fiction, family life, Authors, fiction, New york (state), fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, Jews, fiction, Fiction, historical, general
Places: New York (State)
Time periods: 20th century