The Pinch, by Steve Stern
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It's the late 1960s. The Pinch, once a thriving Jewish community centered on North Main Street in Memphis, has been reduced to a single tenant. Lenny Sklarew awaits the draft by peddling drugs and shelving books - until he learns he is a character in a book about the rise and fall of this very Pinch. Muni Pinsker, who authored the book in an enchanted day containing years, arrived in the neighborhood at its height and was smitten by an alluring tightrope walker. Muni's own story is dovetailed by that of his uncle Pinchas Pin, whose epic journey to North Main Street forms the book's spine. Steve Stern interweaves these tales with an ingenious structure that merges past with present, and his wildly inventive fabulism surpasses everything he's done before.
The Pinch, by Steve Stern- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Formats: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 5.04" h x 1.13" w x 6.04" l,
- Running time: 852 minutes
- Binding: Audio CD
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Casual readers, beware! By D. Olson The style reminds me of Salmon Rushdie, - the reader searches for reality in fantasy and suspects fantasy in the reality, and then just gives up analysis in favor of enjoying the impossible being the possible. I loved it! The only criticism I can find with this tale is that it gets repetitious and somewhat tedious about 2/3 of the way through, but then it takes a huge upturn and continues escalating. It's spellbinding quality demands our full attention, so it definitely is not for bedtime reading. Enjoy the ride!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Aa fantastic book, in every sense By Honorable Mensch Wonderful and magical. My expectations were so high that I could easily have been disappointed but I was not. I have read similar novels by Steve Stern that jump back and forth between present and past, and he's written some that also delve into sixties counterculture, feature magical trees, and include desperate tales of survival from European Jews fleeing shtetl life. But complaining about these recurring motifs is like complaining that Dickens keeps using orphans or Jane Austen keeps writing about courtship. This book is more supernatural and magical than some of Stern's previous novels, and it's a masterpiece. (I have seen in compared to Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale, which seems fair.)If I have a quibble, it is with the audio version. I was using both print and audio, but had problems with the narrator's unconvincing southern accent and mispronunciation of a number of simple Yiddish terms. I gave him the benefit of the doubt at first since I'm no expert, but then he pronounced "lamed vovnik" as "laymd" (one syllable), pronounced "bnai brith" in a way I've never heard before and "kreplach" (His version: "kre-PLATCH") and completely flubbed "Maimonides." I started to wonder if he knew anything about his subject at all. He mispronounced many English words as well, and a few foreign ones. Is it too much to expect a narrator to look up a few unfamiliar terms? Also, his idea of a Southern accent is just to leave the "g" off of every word ending in "ing" (sort of the way politicians try to sound like good 'ol boys in the South). He really could have skipped the fake homey drawl, since the Lenny character is highly educated and didn't need to sound like a yokel. In short, stick the print or e-book and supply your own voice.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An excellent and impressive book by a masterful writer - I highly recommend this book! By Dr. Nora Gold Steve Stern is a masterful writer and his latest book, "The Pinch," shows his mastery at every turn. This novel is both an engaging, beautiful written novel and a moving, knowledgeable and thoughtfully constructed history of a particular neighbourhood in Memphis ("The Pinch") which played a crucial role in the lives of Jewish immigrating from Europe. Stern's use of language is fabulous, his grasp of his characters profound, and his ability to juggle many layers of reality at once (including the supernatural) very impressive. This is an important book literarily, historically, and sociologically, but it's also a great read. I loved this book and recommend it very highly.
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