"The Slow Mirror and Other Stories: New Fiction by Jewish Writers - Softcover

A collection of contemporary fiction by British, American and South African Jewish writers. The stories are as diverse as the writers. The haunting title story, by Richard Zimler, concerns a mysterious mirror which reflects the past. Others describe the new South Africa, the erotic possibilities of shoes, the lost Jews of outer space and the search for Kafka in Bronte country... This book reflects the diversity of modern Jewish life and the self-confidence of current Jewish writing.

Includes stories from Carol Bergman, Tony Dinner, Moris Farhi, Rachel Castell Farhi, Elaine Feinstein, Ellen Galford, Jack Gratus, Dan Jacobson, Zvi Jagendorf, Gabriel Josipovici, Robert Lasson, Shaun Levin, Deena Linett, Marci Lopez-Levi, Carole Malkin, Rozanne Rabinowitz, Nessa Rapoport, Frederic Raphael, Stephen Walker, Michelene Wandor, Shelley Weiner, Jonathan Wilson, Tamar Yellin and Richard Zimler.