Club Revelation
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566891183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Flat characters, stilted dialogue While the premise of this novel sounds quite interesting, Appel has managed to write a tale of surprisingly little depth. The first problem is the characters. It takes Appel a great number of pages to make one Jewish husband distinct from another or one non-Jewish wife distinct from another. Even then, the characters usually seem like mouthpieces for the religious musings at hand, rather than flesh and blood people. And then there's the dialogue While apparently many reviewers are pleased with the snappy New York repartee, the l. The Big and the Little Some books I love because the characters are fun and the situations so novel, I can't put the books down. Other books I love because the writer, through the story, taps into Big Questions of life, that make me question my own existence. THis book did both. It was a rollercoaster ride.. "A FUN BOOK TO READ" according to lou. I AGREE WITH PAUL THAT THE CHARACTERS WERE FUN TO READ ABOUT AND THERE WAS A DEEPER MEANING TO THE BOOK. WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS
Again, all too conveniently, none of the couples has had children, so the wives are entirely free to pursue their careers. All too conveniently, the distaff side of the three couples are all originally Christian (one is now Buddhist) who have accepted their husbands' religions by osmosis, wisecracking in Yiddish and otherwise feeling comfortable in a largely Jewish social milieu. From Publishers Weekly Once one gets past the blatantly sitcom-like premise of Appel's new novel, this story about the disruptive and redemptive power of religion in the lives of three interfaith couples living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan is surprisingly
His work has appeared in The National Jewish Monthly and The Progressive. Serving his own blend of Christian cuisine, he opens a restaurant in the space, hoping to convert the Jews of the Upper West Side. Appel's hilarious novel follows three interfaith Jewish/Christian couples who unwittingly rent the ground floor of their brownstone to a charming Southern evangelist. His scheme destroys the harmony of the building when one of his six landlords finds comfort in the preacher's conversion-by-gastronomy methods.Appel's mix of comedy and theology conjoin effortlessly in an entertaining, fast, and funny story which reevaluates our meanings of faith and marriage in twenty-first century America.Allen Appel is a novelist and playwright whose books include The Rabbi of Casino Boulevard and the anthology A Pocket Apocalypse: A Handy Guide to the End of the World. He lives in New York City.Also Available by Allan Appel:High Holiday SutraTP $13.95, 1-56689-065-9 • CUSA