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Issue
Dec 2011 / 10th of Kislev 5772
Preface

Welcome to this very exciting issue of Jewish Fiction .net! It is with great pride that we share with you an excerpt from the first-ever translation into English of Agnon’s renowned novella, Ve’haya He’akov Le’mishor, as well as four other important first-time translations, from Hebrew, Russian, and Romanian. In addition, we bring you eight exceptional works of fiction written in English, coming from Australia, Canada, and the United States.

The theme uniting this issue is Family, which includes all the uniquely deep, passionate, and complex relationships between family members that this implies.

Enjoy these wonderful stories and novel excerpts! Feel free to share them with family and friends and, if you like, join us on twitter and facebook. Perhaps also consider making a donation to Jewish Fiction .net before the year end, so that we can continue to bring you great stories like these. And to you and your family (whatever its configuration), a very Happy Chanukah, filled with light.

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And The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight

by S.Y. Agnon

I Was There

by Edna Noy

Me: A Novel

by George Jonas

Cousins

by Lia Pripstein-Lane

Say You Remember

by Zvi Vapni

A Tape of Helen Gilderstein Speaking

by Leora Skolkin-Smith

Mourning

by Judith Rotem

Place of Birth

by Norman Manea

The Waiting Room

by Leah Kaminsky

There’s No Heaven for Slaves

by Grigory Kanovich

Beautiful World

by Jennifer Anne Moses

Nu Yu

by Mel Klein

Explosions

by Leah Damski