With Signs and Wonders

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With Signs and Wonders

An International Anthology of Jewish Fabulist Fiction,

compiled and edited by

Daniel M. Jaffe

Bringing together 24 contemporary writers and translators from 19 different countries, and including numerous new and original translations, this anthology captures the exuberant storytelling tradition of the Jewish people, a literary heritage shaped by centuries of legends, folkore, and mysticism. Teeming with passion and humor and rooted in the triumphant and tragic history of a people, these stories illustrate the Jewish fascination with the mysteries of the imagination and the endless possibilities of life.

Authors include Moacyr Scliar of Brazil; Dina Rubina of Uzbekistan, Russia, and Israel; Teresa Porzecanski of Uruguay; Joan Leegant and Steve Stern of the United States; Ruth Knafo Setton of Morocco and the United States; and many others.

One-Foot Lover: fiction by Daniel M. Jaffe.

Number One in the Editor's Series from Seven Kitchens Press.

“At Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theater, a university student falls instantly in love with a one-legged dancer, then ponders the nature of attraction, beauty, and love.”

[Limited Edition]

ISBN: 978-0-9820372-3-2.

Cover art: "The Pillar" by Brian O'Connor.

To Order: Send $7 per chapbook plus $1 (shipping fee for 1-5 chapbooks) via check payable to Ron Mohring, PO Box 668, Lewisburg PA 17837, or via Paypal to sevenkitchens@yahoo.com. Each chapbook is hand-trimmed and hand-tied; please allow ten days for delivery.

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Read about Dan's experience with micropublishing on Kim's Craft Blog at:

http://kimscraftblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/micropublishing-fiction-with-guest.html

Praise for

With Signs and Wonders

"Readers seeking refuge in the wilds of the imagination will find it here...These stories provide a comforting link with a Jewish literary tradition as old as the Bible."

Carol Cook, Ha'aretz

"A rich manifestation of the Jewish culture...This anthology is a tribute to both a shared literary tradition and to a people's imagination."

Micaela Kramer, The Forward

"A deliciously multifaceted journey into alternative realities. Jaffe has the right editorial pitch: he sees literature globally. His selections display the inquisitiveness of the rabbinical mind and the compassion of secularism."

Ilan Stavans

"An anthology to be savored by scholars and lay readers alike." Diane Matza

"A diverse and imaginative group of stories, recommended for Jewish studies collections."

Gene Shaw, Library Journal