Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories (Revised)

Intense in subject yet restrained in tone, these stories are about longings often held for years and...
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Author: Joan Silber
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Language: English
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Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories (Revised) by Silber, Joan

Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories (Revised)

$55.45

Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories (Revised)

$55.45
Author: Joan Silber
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Intense in subject yet restrained in tone, these stories are about longings often held for years and the ways in which sex and religion can become parallel forms of dedication and comfort. Though the stories stand alone, a minor element in one becomes major in the next. In "My Shape," a woman is taunted by her dance coach, who later suffers his own heartache. A Venetian poet of the 1500s, another storyteller, is introduced to a modern traveler reading Rilke. His story precedes a mesmerizing narrative of missionaries in China. In the final story, Giles, born to a priesthood family, leans toward Buddhism after a grievous loss, and in time falls in love with the dancer of the first story. So deft and subtle is Joan Silber with these various perspectives that we come full circle surprised and enchanted by her myriad worlds. National Book Award finalist. Reading group guide included."

Author: Joan Silber
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/2005
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780393326871


Award: Story Prize - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 76
New York Times 05/22/2005 pg. 22
New York Review of Books 08/11/2005 pg. 37

About the Author
Silber, Joan: - Joan Silber is the author of eight works of fiction. Among many awards and honors, she has won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City.

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