Love and Death & Other Disasters: Stories 1977-1995Jenifer Levin's first collection of short stories, this volume represents work written over the past 20 years--some of it never before published. Intimate, raw, erotically charged, sometimes comic and deeply disturbing, always passionate, these stories center on lesbian relationships with lovers, children, family. |
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... move from the orchard to the laundry . The apartment wasn't far from the Old City . It belonged to some friend of Tali's - from her own army days - who had gone to Be'er Sheva for the long weekend and mailed a set of keys . Soon , after ...
... move from the orchard to the laundry . The apartment wasn't far from the Old City . It belonged to some friend of Tali's - from her own army days - who had gone to Be'er Sheva for the long weekend and mailed a set of keys . Soon , after ...
Page 42
... move , and some guy's got a radio , and around me every once in a while they're saying , really hushed , He's coming . " He's coming . " " He's coming . " There were sirens , red and yellow - white flashes , shadows of light on the ...
... move , and some guy's got a radio , and around me every once in a while they're saying , really hushed , He's coming . " He's coming . " " He's coming . " There were sirens , red and yellow - white flashes , shadows of light on the ...
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... moved together a little . Everything throbbed . Dancing , I thought . Slow dance . I held her hips up against me ... move in rhythm like waves on sand while Cheri strained under me , trying to catch and keep me , finally gave up and ...
... moved together a little . Everything throbbed . Dancing , I thought . Slow dance . I held her hips up against me ... move in rhythm like waves on sand while Cheri strained under me , trying to catch and keep me , finally gave up and ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Mothers of Heroes | 17 |
A Room in a Stone House in Spain | 29 |
Copyright | |
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