内容简介
"It'sajoytoEpsteinonvirtuallyanysubjectuponwhichhedecidestowrite."---ChicagoTribune""JosephEpsteinisperhapsthesmartestAmericanalivewhoalsowriteswell.Thathehasdonesoquietly,withimpeccablemodesty,isamarkofwhatmightbecalledwisdom."---Forward"InhisfirstcollectionofstoriessinceFabulousSmallJews,JosephEpsteindeliversallthepleasureshisreadershavecometoexpectstoriesofordinarymenconfrontingthemomentsthatdefinealife,toldwiththebittersweethumorandlovnigfronyencompassedinthetitleofthebook.Thesefourteentalesmapaveryparticularworld-thatofJewswhoselivesareanchoredinChicago-inrich,revealingdetailevenastheybrimwithuniversallongings:complexloveaffairsandunspokenrivalries,familytriumphsandprivatedisappointments.Epstein,who"happenstopossessastandupcomic'sgiftforpunchlines"(NewYorkTimesBookReview),bringshisemphaticallygrown-upcharacterstowitty,rueful,andcharminglife.TheLoveSongofA.JeromeMinkoffisamarvelouscollectionfromamasteroftheshortformandoneofthemostdistinctivewritersworkinginAmericatoday.
作者简介
JOSEPHEPSTEINistheauthorofthebest-sellingSnobberyandofFriendship,amongotherbooks,andwasformerlyeditoroftheAmericanScholar.HisworkhasappearedinTheNewYorker,Harper’sMagazine,theAtlanticMonthly,andothermagazines.HelivesinEvanston,Illinois.