Natasha : and other stories [electronic resource] / David Bezmozgis.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443408585 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1443408581 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Canada, 2011.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Tapka -- Roman Berman, massage therapist -- The second strongest man -- An animal to the memory -- Natasha -- Choynski -- Minyan. |
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Subject: | Latvians > Ontario > Fiction. Jewish families > Fiction. Domestic fiction, Canadian. Jews > Ontario > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. Immigrants > Fiction. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
- HARPERCOLL
National Bestseller
Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Commonwealth Writersâ Prize for Best First Book (Canada and Caribbean Region)
Winner of the Canadian Jewish Book Award, Fiction Category
Winner of the Toronto Book Award
Winner of the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize for Fiction
Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Finalist for the Governor Generalâs Award for Fiction
Finalist for CBCâs Canada Reads
Finalist for the Guardian First Book Award
Finalist for the Borders Books and Music 2004 Original Voices Award
Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize
The BermansâBella, Roman and their son, Markâare Russian Jews who fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams. Natasha and Other Stories is the chronicle of their search for a better life as they struggle to fit into a foreign urban landscape. Told through Markâs eyes, these are stories filled with heart, verve and consequence. In âTapka,â six-year-old Markâs cocky game with a neighbourâs beloved dog turns into a tragi-comedy of life lessons learned. In the title story, a teenage Mark faces a stark, comical and ultimately searing introduction to first love at the experienced hands of his cousin, Natasha, an immigrant from the new Russia. And in âMinyan,â Mark and his grandfather watch as the death of an Odessan cab driver sets off a religious controversy among the residents of a Jewish old-peopleâs home.
Often funny and always wise, this much-celebrated collection captures the immigrant experience with striking wit and deep sympathy.