Background
Gerber, Merrill Joan was born on March 15, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of William M. and Jessie Gerber.
(A ten-year chronicle of domestic violence and crisis, thi...)
A ten-year chronicle of domestic violence and crisis, this novel recreates the pathology of one Brooklyn family in the mid-1940s and early 1950s, told through the voice of a young child.
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(A group of connected stories about Anna Goldman, a widowe...)
A group of connected stories about Anna Goldman, a widowed 80-year-old woman living alone in the Fairfax neighbourhood in Los Angeles and her struggle to maintain her independence, keep her feisty spirit and ward of elderly suitors.
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(As Merrill Gerber steps outside her kitchen door on a dre...)
As Merrill Gerber steps outside her kitchen door on a dreary winter morning, her mind on the burdensome prospect of her regular visit to her mother in the nursing home, she hears the small, forlorn cry of a lost baby kitten. With this scene begins a remarkable, deeply personal narrative by acclaimed fiction writer Merrill Joan Gerber. In a journal covering just less than a year, Gerber weaves together two journeys - one into the joy and renewal of emerging life, the other into the anguished helplessness of again. Gerber brings unmatched skill, an unerring eye, and unflinching honesty to her first non-fiction book. No one who has ever loved a pet can fail to be moved by Gerber's descriptions of Maxie the kitten - his first days of fear and mistrust, his growing devotion to his owner, his delightful explorations, the profound sense of peace that a purring cat can inspire. Anyone who has witnessed the gradual decline of a beloved parent will be deeply moved to find the experience reflected in Gerber's words. To her mother's grim refrain - "I wish i were dead" - Gerber registers the full spectrum of human response: sorrow and sympathy, impatience and rage, and - along with enormous love - lacerating guilt. With the complex realities of an aging population bearing upon us as never before, Old Mother, Little Cat is clearly an e-book for our times.
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(A splendidly translated exploration of major themes in cl...)
A splendidly translated exploration of major themes in classical Arabic literature by the most inventive and provocative critic of Arabic literature in the Middle East today. In this exceptional volume, Abedlfattah Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. Using simple yet lyrical language, he examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such recurring themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery, and dream visions of the dead. Ultimately, he evokes these as an allegory for post-colonial Arab North Africa. An elegant translation faithfully captures the author's poetic finesse and makes the book easily accessible to English-speaking readers. Warmly received by critics and anthropologists, this volume is a must for scholars, students, and devotees of Arab culture.
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Gerber, Merrill Joan was born on March 15, 1938 in Brooklyn. Son of William M. and Jessie Gerber.
Bachelors in English from the in 1959.
Masters in English from Brandeis University.
Awarded the Wallace Stegner Fiction Fellowship from Stanford University.
Awarded the Harold Ribalow Prize from Hadassah Magazine for The Kingdom of Brooklyn
Awarded the Pushcart Editors" Book Award for King of the World.
She has published thirty books, and is an award winning novelist and short story writer She has published stories in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Mademoiselle, Redbook, The Sewanee Review, Salmagundi, The Southwest Review, and many other journals. She currently teaches fiction writing at the California Institute of Technology.
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Married Joseph Spiro, June 23, 1960. Children: Becky Ann, Joanna Emily, Susanna Willa.