The Evil Inclination
Winner of the 2023 North Street Book Prize
Lev Livitski, devoted son and upright young Orthodox Jew, collides with Angela Pizatto, a dark-haired knockout, and suddenly, what used to mean everything to him is no longer enough.
Angela pulls Lev from a cloistered and prudish existence into a passionate romance that must remain a secret because she is Catholic and he is Jewish. As the young lovers gallivant throughout Brooklyn, and as their devotion to each other builds, they realize that they are headed toward a pivotal crossroad—can they possibly overcome the seemingly insurmountable differences in their backgrounds and attain a shared future?
“An exhilarating, spellbinding tale . . . [that] will surprise, astonish and move you deeply.”
— Joseph Telushkin, best-selling author of Words that Hurt Words that Heal and Jewish Literacy.
King of the Ants
In the story entitled King of the Ants, a rabbi confined to his apartment due to Covid-19 and struggling to fashion a new sense of his self-worth after his forced retirement, purchases an ant-farm similar to one that had fascinated him as a child, but his ensuing encounter with the ants pulls the rabbi into a dark confrontation with their “king.”
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