Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories
- 2016 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Short Stories (Adult Fiction)
Blume Lempel's prize-winning fiction is remarkable for its psychological acuity, its unflinching examination of erotic themes and gender relations, and its technical virtuosity. Mirroring the dislocation of mostly women protagonists, her stories move between present and past, Old World and New, dream and reality. This book is the first English language collection and translation of Lempel’s stories and is based on a manuscript that won the 2012 National Yiddish Book Center Translation Prize.
