books by Lara Vapnyar

books by Lara Vapnyar

books:

Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar

Pantheon, 2006

Couldn't put it down!
Vapnyar is one of those writers who is able to write in a way that transports readers to the scene - I felt, I smelled, I heard, I giggled... I couldn't put the book down. This is a story of a Russian girl with a rich imagination and a longing for a life that is ...

Es sind Juden in meinem Haus
Lara Vapnyar

BV Berlin Verlag, 2005

Open City #15

Alicia Erian, James Lasdun, ...

Grove Press, Open City Books, 2002

the "New" paris review
funky and astute might be appropriate adjectives to describe Open City mag., which is more than a literary portrait "of New York City and the city in general." with writing not merely urban(e) or cynical (consider the dense, nature-themed poetry of Rodney Jack and the ...

Es sind Juden in meinem Haus
Lara Vapnyar

Berliner Taschenbuch Verl, 2007

Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love

Lara Vapnyar

Pantheon, 2008

Elegant Gems
Ms.Vapnyar has created here six elegant gems which cover the hopes, dreams and disappointments in the Russian emigree community. However, despite this focus on the Russian community in America these stories are universal, which is what makes them most memorable. The ...

Memoirs of a Muse

Lara Vapnyar

Vintage, 2007

An interesting first novel with a warning
Lara Vapnyar's There Are Jews in My House is a collection of short stories depicting well drawn Russian characters. Her first novel contains some of the immigrant experience, quite a bit of satire, and a warning of the perils of attaching yourself to a man of genius. ...

There Are Jews in My House
Lara Vapnyar

Pantheon, 2003

stories.

There Are Jews in My House

Lara Vapnyar

Anchor, 2004

A great piece of creative realism!
I went out and bought this book based on a review in one of the free newspapers handed out at major train stations in New York, and it was a terrific read! Having grown up in Russia around the same time as Ms. Vapnyar, I can confirm that her portrayal of life both in ...