A Sistermony - Softcover
A memoir by the author of Other Men's Daughters sheds new light on the powerful bonds that exist between brothers and sisters and offers insights into such friends and admirers as Thomas Mann, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.
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Stern's latest memoir movingly chronicles his sister Ruth's death from cancer. Stern's ability to include so much else in the short book--from anecdotes about his friends to ruminations on the aborted Russian coup--without detracting too much from its tragic core says a great deal about his strength as a writer. In his best fiction, Stern can conjure up a complex characterization in a few paragraphs. He does the same for Ruth's situation when describing her aversion to escapist films: "She escaped through the grit of her friends' lives, and the psychological tension of good fiction." The discussions with her he reports also reveal much about Jewish family life in upper-middle-class Manhattan. The penultimate chapter, "Aftermath: Chicago," reacting to the journals Stern wrote at the time of her illness, is particularly wrenching. Stern's buddies Saul Bellow and Philip Roth figure prominently, by the way, and their insights are well interwoven with Stern's theological discussion with a Sudanese cab driver. A Sistermony constitutes one more reason why Stern should be as well regarded as his East Coast peers. Aaron Cohen
From Publishers Weekly:
Novelist and University of Chicago English professor Stern (Golk) coined the word "sistermony" to convey the sense of bequest he recognized as his sister Ruth was dying, prompting him to consider the richness of their bond. His brief memoir, drawn from his diaries during Ruth's season of dying at age 67 in 1991, contains passages of tenderness but often strays from the subject of his sister. Amid daily details, Stern reflects on various episodes from his youth, his strained relationship with one of his sons, even his encounters with friends Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. The many family photos interspersed with the text, along with those of the author's literary buddies, give this book the feel of a home movie. Photos.
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- PublisherPlume
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1556114761
- ISBN 13 9781556114762
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages128
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