| Ice Fire Water Contributor(s): Epstein, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393320901 ISBN-13: 9780393320909 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Lieb Goldkorn, a character who first appeared 25 years ago in "The Steinway Quartet", returns on a quest for sexual fulfillment that must stave off both his death and the imminent destruction of the Jews. A "Los Angeles Times" Best Book of the Year and a "New York Times" Notable Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Jewish |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99030719 |
| Series: Leib Goldkorn Cocktail |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.4" W x 8.13" (0.62 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leib Goldkorn, aged musician, first appeared almost a quarter-century ago in The Steinway Quintet. Now Leib has replaced his magic flute with his phallus: it is love, longing, and the quest for sexual fulfillment that must stave off both his own death and the imminent destruction of the Jews. In Ice he rescues the celebrated skater Sonja Henie from Hitler's clutches. In Fire his paramour is Carmen Miranda. And in Water he engages in a South Sea Island intrigue with a famous swimming star of the 1940s. Meanwhile, in the present, Leib seeks consummation with three other inamoratas: Clara, his wife; Hustler model Miss Crystal Knight; and the critic Michiko Kakutani (causing a real-life literary scandal). In this wickedly funny (Elle) and no less heartbreaking novel, Leib Goldkorn emerges as one of American literature's most enduring, and endearing, creations. A New York Times Notable Book; a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. |
Contributor Bio(s): Epstein, Leslie: - Leslie Epstein has written eight books of fiction including King of the Jews, San Remo Drive, and Pandemonium and won an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Distinguished Achievement in Literature for his creation of Leib Goldkorn. The director of the Creative Writing Program at Boston University, he lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. |