The Gentleman Who Was Not Ready; American Capriccio
Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. 333, [1] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Norman Braveman with a pleasure to renew a friendship. M. Weiner April 19, 2005 Rockville. The recipient of the inscription is believed to be the Dr. Braveman who spent more than 25 years as a senior administrator at NIH and 10 years in academia as a professor and researcher. Most of the author's novels were written and published in RUssia. This is his first book to be published in the United States. After fifteen years of separation, Hannan Mailach, a Russian scholar, arrives in the United States to be reunited with his son's family. Life in the new world has radically changed his son and daughter-in-law. His grandson who grew up in America is a total mystery, a stranger. The emerging conflict-the clash of cultures inside one family-unravels with a muted passion and intensity. The story, told through the eyes of Mailach, who is struggling to get a foothold in the new society but is haunted by the memories of the past, intertwines the realities of modern, suburban America, the great expectations and the disillusionment of assimilation, the harrowing accounts of the war with the Nazis, the aftermath of the Holocaust, and decades of life in the totalitarian system of Soviet Russia. Condition: Very good / No dust jacket issued.
Keywords: Hannan Mailach, Russian Emigre, Scholar, Reunion, Culture, Family Relationships, Disillusionment, Assimilation, Holocaust, Totalitarianism, Soviet Union, Separation, Norman Braveman
ISBN: 1413752551
[Book #84951]
Price: $125.00