
When the Angels Left the Old Country
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Narrated by:
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Donald Corren
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By:
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Sacha Lamb
In publishing-speak, here's what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth: Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her.
Along the way, the angel and demon encounter humans in need of their help, including Rose Cohen, whose best friend (and the love of her life) has abandoned her to marry a man, and Malke Shulman, whose father died mysteriously on his way to America. But there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they've left behind. Medical exams (and demons) at Ellis Island. Corrupt officials, cruel mob bosses, murderers, poverty. The streets are far from paved with gold.
With cinematic sweep and tender observation, Sacha Lamb presents a totally original drama about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure.
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A grand adventure on many levels.
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Captivating
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The narrator wasn’t bad, though I did have problems sometimes differentiating between Little Ash and Uriel when they were speaking. But otherwise I thought he was able to give the book a Yiddish feel in his inflections and speech patterns, that made the book feel authentic.
I loved it!
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Warm and entertaining
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Fabulous story!
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Suspend your imagination and take a ride on the fantasy tale and you are sure to feel rewarded. It’s the relationships of the different characters that really moves the story along.
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A joy ride tale involving Jewish Mysticism
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