Background
Silber, Joan Karen was born on June 14, 1945 in Newark. Daughter of Samuel Sanford and Dorothy (Arlein) Silber.
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Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single people who met the way city people meet. Even though mismatched, they fell in love. And after some hesitations they decided, finally, to marry-only to look up and find their world caving in around them. Sexy, vivacious Elisa, of the miniskirts and tiny T-shirts, still in art school and just coming off an affair with a temper-driven fellow artist, initiated things. She came on to cool, quiet Gabe who wore his hair in a graying ponytail and kept a low profile. A good bit older than Elisa-more than twenty years older, in fact-he found himself buoyed by her youth and her brashness. To her great surprise, Elisa craved Gabe's watchfulness and solicitude. That Gabe's past included a successful drug dealing business bothered her not at all. And certainly he was unconcerned that Elisa's more current past included a lot of casual sex. Neither of them ever expected to have to answer for what had been so easy for Gabe and so enjoyable for Elisa. But truth be known, the one obvious thing they had in common was the burden their pasts suddenly put onto their future. Joan Silber has written a love story for the turn of the twenty-first century, one that takes into rich account the styles and pressures of contemporary urban life. But more than that, she has created two characters who throb with real-life personality, passion, and courage.
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( Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award: "Unqualified praise ...)
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award: "Unqualified praise goes to this rarity: an extraordinary novel about ordinary people."--Chicago Tribune The year is 1940, and Rhoda Taber is pregnant with her first child. Satisfied with her comfortable house in a New Jersey suburb and her reliable husband, Leonard, she expects that her life will be predictable and secure. Surprised by an untimely death, an unexpected illness, and the contrary natures of her two daughters, Rhoda finds that fate undermines her sense of entitlement and security. Shrewd, wry, and sometimes bitter, Rhoda reveals herself to be a wonderfully flawed and achingly real woman caught up in the unexpectedness of her own life.
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“A sublime and humane jigsaw puzzle of a novel.” —Boston Globe An intricate web of crossed paths and enlightening journeys teach each of Joan Silber’s characters something about “the size of the world” in this richly imagined novel. A National Book Award finalist for her last book, Silber here addresses the timeless topics of love, loss, yearning, and forgiveness. She “does brilliant justice to the many ways we have of being human” (Seattle Times) and “offers a dizzying array of insights as she cuts back and forth between stories set in the U.S. and Asia” (Chicago Tribune).
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Silber, Joan Karen was born on June 14, 1945 in Newark. Daughter of Samuel Sanford and Dorothy (Arlein) Silber.
Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1967. Master of Arts, New York University, 1979.
She has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Silber grew up in Millburn, New Jersey. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and obtained a Master of Arts degree from New York University.
She taught at New York University and now teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and currently lives in New York City.
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship.
( Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there w...)
( Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award: "Unqualified praise ...)
( Shortlisted for the National Book Award: "Joan Silber w...)
( “A sublime and humane jigsaw puzzle of a novel.” —Bosto...)