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008 120816s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a2007039745
020 _a9780375424540
050 0 0 _aPS3602.R6943
_bA93 2008
082 0 0 _aFIC BRO
100 1 _aBrown, Danit
245 1 0 _aAsk for a convertible
_b: stories
_c/ Danit Brown
250 _aFirst edition
260 _aNew York
_b: Pantheon Books
_c, 2008.
300 _a302 p.
_c; 22 cm.
505 0 _aDescent -- How to clean up any stain -- Running -- Hands across America -- The dangers of salmonella -- Entebbe -- Thanksgiving -- Ask for a convertible -- On being French -- Your own private America -- Land of ass and honey -- Selling the apartment -- Ascent.
520 _aA wonderfully assured debut that ponders what it means to be Israeli, to be American, or to be a little bit of both. In these connected stories, Danit Brown introduces Osnat Greenberg: a slightly fatalistic darkly funny, and utterly winning heroine who is struggling to find her place in the world.
650 4 _aShort stories, American
655 7 _aShort stories
942 _cMO
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