{"product_id":"the-greatest-jewish-american-lover-michael-blumenthal-9780988692244","title":"The Greatest Jewish American Lover in Hungarian History","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eEtan Yogev had had no experience in bed--and hardly any outside of it--and it was not without a strong feeling of awkwardness and insecurity that he had first allowed Daphna Flinker to guide his somewhat ambivalent member into her own body, and his lips against her lips. She enjoyed it--this teacherly role--it had been a very long time since she had been able to practice the art of sexual instruction, and there was something exciting and alluring about this--all that innocence in a single place!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA humorous and heartrending portrait of expatriate life, \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Jewish American Lover in Hungarian History\u003c\/i\u003e draws upon the hazards and confusions that occur when the Old World meets the New. In venues as diverse as Israel, Hungary, Paris, Cambridge, and even Texas, the stories portray life in an increasingly connected and globalized world. Michael Blumenthal displays the erotic zest of Philip Roth and the grim humanism of Isaak Babel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly director of creative writing at Harvard, graduated from the Cornell Law School with a JD degree in 1974, after studying philosophy and economics at the State University of New York at Binghamton. His eighth book of poems, \u003ci\u003eNo Hurry\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Etruscan Press in 2012. He is currently a visiting professor of law at the West Virginia University College of Law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Blumenthal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988692244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988692244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Etruscan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Blumenthal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435799064831,"sku":"9780988692244","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6834b7bf-257c-475f-a89f-e298409e817d.jpg?v=1777152785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-greatest-jewish-american-lover-michael-blumenthal-9780988692244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}