"'A tale of two Avrahams' follows the lives of two men: one modern day, the other who lived 400 years ago. Both heroes are fleeing from the threat of death: the first from renegade Jewish fanatics; the other from the Catholic Inquisition. The Israeli Avraham makes his way to Greece and Italy, with foes at his heels. In Crete. he discovers the tale of another Avraham, this one Italian and from the Renaissance, who is also fleeing from deadly enemies"--Back cover.

Uncompromising exploration of post-Holocaust memory and loss. Pat Goldman is a successful Dublin journalist planning a trip to Israel to report on the Intifada. Before she leaves, her mother tells her of a sister her parents had placed in the care of Christian friends just before she and her husband were deported to a Nazi camp. As Pat becomes involved in the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, she meets Daniel, a ruthless member of the renowned Israeli secret service. He, too, is a son of Holocaust survivors. Their meeting inspires Pat to start an investigation into the history of their families' survival.

Review An expert weaver, Stollman brings together themes of religion, science, and love into an emotional whole. -- Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2003 Stollman's weightier fictions - elegantly written and wise - returns literature to its rightful role. -- Miami Herald, March 2, 2003 Product Description A collection of short stories by the author of The Far Euphrates and The Illuminated Soul represents his earlier works as published in such literary magazines as American Short Fiction, the Yale Review, and Tikkun and explores such themes as the impact of the past on the present and of one person on another. 12,500 first pirnting. From Library Journal A story collection from the author of two celebrated novels: The Far Euphrates and The Illuminated Soul. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. About the Author Aryehlev Stollman is a neuroradiologist and the author of two books, The Illuminated Soul and The Far Euphrates, which is an American Library Association Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Review Recommended Book of the Year, and the winner of a Wilbur Award and Lambda Award.

Rachel has been making people laugh since the moment she could speak. She can even see the funny side when her husband leaves her for a cosmetics demonstrator. Called Greg. Rachel becomes a professional stand-up comedian, but has yet to break into the big time. And with a ten-year-old child and a mortgage, she needs a day job to make ends meet. So Rachel spends her mornings cleaning the houses of the rich and famous, much to the chagrin of her Jewish mother Stella (main ambition: to see Rachel safely re-married) and her Jewish dentist boyfriend Adam (main ambition: to share a scoured and swabbed, germ-free home in the suburbs with Rachel). Life for Rachel couldn't be sweeter. Yet somehow it lacks a certain spark. But there are sparks a-plenty when the washing machine breaks down a repair man called Matt arrives ... and sends her life into a spin.