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And the Word Was

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ISBN-10: 1590512243

ISBN-13: 9781590512241

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bruce Bauman

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"A magnificent debut, smart and intense, but accessible and rivetingsimply a great novel."Booklist (starred review) When the tragic death of his son compels Dr. Neil Downs to flee New York City for India, he takes a job as the resident physician at the American Embassy, where he is introduced to the paradoxes of Indian social and political life. Unable to mourn, and angry about a betrayal by his wife, Sarah, Neil seeks philosophical refuge in the writings of Levi Furstenblum, whose work grapples with the nature of language and god after the Holocaust. As Neil experiences the interplay between the external and internal, foreign and domestic, the promises of faith and the ineluctability of…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Publication date: 4/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Bruce Bauman's work has appeared in "Salon, BOMB, Bookforum, and numerous anthologies and literary magazines. He is an associate editor of "Black Clock magazine and is adjunct professor in the CalArts MFA Writing Program. He is married to the painter Suzan Woodruff, and lives in Los Angeles.