Falling Nun, the

ISBN-13: 9780743230193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 176 str.

Berkman

Opis

In this collection of twelve dazzling and sensual stories, Pamela Rafael Berkman explores the perplexities of contemporary life through the eyes of women searching for love, truth, and faith. In the title story, a group of coworkers who order miniature plastic nuns rumored to bring love suffer surprising and disheartening consequences. In "Tat," the heroine gets an elaborate Victorian valentine tattooed on her arm and learns the real meaning of wearing her heart on her sleeve. And in "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown," the classic holiday program brings temporary peace to a troubled young woman. Throughout, miracles and revelations abound, appearing in the most unexpected places -- a planetarium on a college campus, a yuppie Christmas party, a silversmith's booth at an outdoor fair, a corner bar on Halloween. In capturing the dilemmas and difficulties of our times, Berkman brings to life the eternal longings of the human heart.

In her first short story collection, Her Infinite Variety, Pamela Berkman captured the beauty and delicacy of Shakespearean women. Now, in this lovely new work, she turns her eye towards modernity and the women of today. Whether searching for someone to love, stuggling to find a sense of self, or striving to discover their own understanding of religious truth, these women are instantly recognizable and heartbreakingly easy to relate to. In the tradition of Amy Blooms collection Come to Me, Berkman explores the inner workings of the human heart and spirit in these twelve stories: