Frozen in time : twenty stories / / Joseph Epstein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816418503321
• Autore: Epstein Joseph
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-63076-194-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetti: Short stories, American - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Sandy in Her Tub; Arnheim & Sons; Oh, Billy, Where Are You?; Dad's Gay; Out of Action; Wild About Harry; Widow's Pique; Second Family; Remittance Man; My Five Husbands; Irwin Isaac Meiselman; Adultery?; Onto a Good Thing; Race Relations; The Casanova of LaSalle Street; Kizerman and Feigenbaum; The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost; The Bernie Klepner Show; The Viagra Triangle; JDate; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: The estimable Joseph Epstein-essayist, past editor of The American Scholar, and recipient of the 2003 National Humanities Medal along with Hal Holbrook and John Updike-brings together twenty short stories in his first such collection since 2010. Most, though not all, of the stories are set in Epstein's hometown of Chicago, but otherwise they have a variety of subjects: among the titles are ""Dad's Gay,"" ""The Casanova of LaSalle Street,"" ""JDate,"" ""Adultery,"" ""Widow's Pique,"" ""Race Relations,"" ""The Man on Whom Everything Was Lost,"" ""My Five Husbands,"" and ""Second Family."" Most a