Download or read book Almonds to Zhoof written by Richard Stern and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stern's stories-witty, moving, charged with narrative energy-never sacrifice storytelling to mere elegance or bursts of essayistic wisdom. This collection demonstrates Stern's remarkable ability to portray people's flawed relationships to ideas, their sometimes bizarre relationships with lovers and friends, their often brilliant, if skewed, appraisals of themselves. The stories reflect Stern's compassion for his characters, whoever they are and whatever their origins. Book jacket.