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Total Immersion
A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection by Allegra Goodman
Subgenres:
- Short Stories,
- Jewish Fiction,
- Family Drama
This book is for you if you're into...
- Sharp portraits of synagogue politics and family rifts
- Academic retreats and NPR moments that spiral into the unexpected
- Short stories where laughter and heartbreak share the same room
In "The Succession," the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper—and more troubling—rifts emerge.
In "The Closet," Evelyn's sister flees her family to take up residence in the attic—while the shunned Evelyn finds herself slipping into the waters of her sister's soul.
In "Wish List," an expert on terrorism, vacationing at an academic retreat in England, receives a late-night phone call from National Public Radio. Asked for commentary on a hostage situation of which he is ignorant, Ed can whisper only: "It's unspeakable."
In these and other stories, Allegra Goodman fills rooms with laughter and voices, captures dinner parties, seaside picnics, academic grudges, shul politics, and the kind of hurts that only families and lovers can know. Featuring two new stories previously published in The New Yorker, Total Immersion is Allegra Goodman's first collection of short fiction.
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