{"product_id":"an-hour-in-paradise-joan-leegant-9780393325843","title":"An Hour in Paradise: Stories","description":"Joan Leegant's collection takes its title from the Yiddish proverb \"Even an hour in Paradise is worthwhile.\" In settings from Jerusalem to Queens, from Hollywood's outskirts to Sarasota, Florida, the characters in this mesmerizing debut collection are drawn to the seductions of religion, soldiering on in search of divine and human connection. A former drug dealer turned yeshiva student faces his past with a dying AIDS patient. A disaffected American in the ancient city of Safed ventures into Kabbalist mysticism and gets more than he bargained for. A rabbi whose morning minyan is visited by a pair of Siamese twins considers the possibility that his guests are not mere mortals. An aging Jerusalemite chronicles his country's changes during the biblical year of rest. By turns poignant and comic, unflinching and compassionate--with a dose of fabulist daring--\u003cem\u003eAn Hour in Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e explores the dangers and unforeseen rewards of our most fundamental longings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Leegant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393325849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393325843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2004 pg. 30","brand":"Joan Leegant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056058167551,"sku":"9780393325843","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_142cbfba-5055-46bb-8e94-cbf83870efd7.jpg?v=1685039276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-hour-in-paradise-joan-leegant-9780393325843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}