Soho Press - Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg

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A story about fathers and sons, faith and sexuality

January 2009| Fiction
$12 Paperback
ISBN:978-1-56947-536-2

“Elegant…. Deft…. In his moving and often subtle novel, Fallenberg is expert at providing living portraits of numerous characters…. Wise.”—Forward

“[An] ambitious debut…. Fallenberg’s descriptions of Israeli life … are credible and absorbing. The book adroitly sketches the heartfelt struggles of a sympathetic cast.”—Publishers Weekly

“Fallenberg’s smoothly flowing observations of father-son bonds and of love of many kinds resonates on many levels.”—Booklist

“A sensitive first novel…. Intelligent.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Compelling…. Recommended.”—Library Journal

When he fell in love with a man, a rabbi, Joseph left his family and his religious Israeli community. Now he and his five sons will all be together for the first time in two decades.

Evan Fallenberg is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and has lived in Israel since 1985, where he is a writer, teacher and translator. His recent translations include novels by Batya Gur, Meir Shalev, and Ron Leshem. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Vermont College MFA program in creative writing. Light Fell is his first novel.