There Are Jews in My House is one of the most striking launchings of current years. Tracing the lives and aspirations of Russians residing in Moscow and Brooklyn, these poignant, sad and amusing stories develop a luminous brand-new literary world. In the title story, set throughout the Second World War, Galina, a gentile, uses refuge to a Jewish friend and her child, only to find herself increasingly resentful of their existence in her home. In “Girlfriend,” a nine-year-old boy, new to America, escorts his grandma to her weekly physicians’ consultations to analyze her myriad problems. At the same time, he becomes aware that his grandpa may be involved with another woman. And in “Love Lessons– Mondays, 9 A.M.” a young math instructor assigned to teach a sex education class becomes all too mindful that her trainees are more skilled than she is.
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