Fools

by Joan Silber

Book Overview

When is it wise to be a fool for something? What makes people want to be better than they are? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber's dazzling new story cycle tackle this question head-on. Vera, the shy, anarchist daughter of missionary parents, leaves her family for love and activism in New York. A generation later, her own doubting daughter insists on the truth of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393088707
• ISBN13: 9780393088700
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"