Ebook {Epub PDF} As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner

From the Kafka Prize Committee Although Elizabeth Poliner’s As Close to Us as Breathing takes place within the confines of a small seaside community, the story the novel tells is nothing short of epic. Unfolding over multiple generations of an American-Jewish family, Poliner’s work encompasses a world much larger than. Elizabeth Poliner’s Recent Publications. Short story “Sabelle” named a Nelson Algren Literary Award Finalist. As Close to Us as Breathing wins the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize! Listen to a Book Talk. AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING named as finalist for Library of Virginia People’s Award.  · Book Review: 'As Close to Us As Breathing' By Elizabeth Poliner Elizabeth Poliner's book takes a familiar dramatic trope — the death of a child — and makes it the linchpin for an intricate Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING By Elizabeth Poliner pp. A Lee Boudreaux Book/Little, Brown Company. $ In "As Close to Us as Breathing," her novel about a sprawling but close-knit Jewish. As Close To Us As Breathing. The following is from Elizabeth Poliner's novel, As Close To Us As Breathing. Elizabeth Poliner is the author of Mutual Life Casualty, a novel-in-stories, and What You Know in Your Hands, a poetry collection. She teaches creative writing at Hollins University. The summer of my brother Davy was killed in an. Elizabeth Poliner is the author of As Close to Us as Breathing, a novel; Mutual Life Casualty, a novel-in-stories; What You Know in Your Hands, a poetry collection; and Sudden Fog, a poetry www.doorway.ru short fiction and poetry have appeared widely in literary journals including the Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Colorado Review.

Elizabeth Poliner is a masterful storyteller, a brilliant observer of human nature, and in As Close to Us as Breathing she has created an unforgettable meditation on grief, guilt, and the boundaries of identity and love. From the Kafka Prize Committee Although Elizabeth Poliner’s As Close to Us as Breathing takes place within the confines of a small seaside community, the story the novel tells is nothing short of epic. Unfolding over multiple generations of an American-Jewish family, Poliner’s work encompasses a world much larger than. As Close to Us as Breathing is a big-hearted roundelay of a novel that, among other things, performs the invaluable service of recovering a lost world."― New York Times Book Review "If summer, for you, recalls days spent by the seashore, Poliner's saga of three Jewish sisters and the beachfront cottage they share with their families--until life-altering tragedy strikes--will enthrall you.".