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- Paradise, New York: A Novel
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
We first meet Lucy Appelbaum, the heroine of Paradise, New York, in 1970, as a nine-year-old girl enjoying her family's Catskills hotel, the Garden of Eden. Ten years later, having found nothing else at which she can distinguish herself, Lucy tries to save the Eden by capitalizing on a wave of nostalgia for the Borscht Belt and running the hotel as a sort of living museum of Yiddish culture.
In the course of the season, Lucy battles her grandmother's attempts to sabotage Lucy's success, her parents' superstitious fears of anything that attracts attention to the Jews, and her brother's contention that what Lucy is doing is more a matter of ego than authentic religious feeling.
Paradise, New York explores the comforts and complexities of American ethnic identity with a charming commitment to laughter and love.
In the course of the season, Lucy battles her grandmother's attempts to sabotage Lucy's success, her parents' superstitious fears of anything that attracts attention to the Jews, and her brother's contention that what Lucy is doing is more a matter of ego than authentic religious feeling.
Paradise, New York explores the comforts and complexities of American ethnic identity with a charming commitment to laughter and love.
Table of Contents
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- Part One: Winter
- pp. 2-94
- Part Two: Spring
- pp. 94-144
- Part Three: The Season
- pp. 146-205
- Part Four: The Fall
- pp. 206-252
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439904039
Related ISBN(s)
9781566396578, 9781566397896
MARC Record
OCLC
794701397
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2000