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An absentee father, a former dissident from communist-era Prague, needles his adult daughter for details about her newly commissioned play when he fears it will cast him in an unflattering light. An actor, imprisoned during the Red Scare for playing up his communist leanings to get a part with a leftist film director, is shamed by his act when he reunites with his precocious young son. An Israeli soldier, forced to defend a settlement filled with American religious families, still pines for a chance to discover the United States for himself. A young Israeli journalist, left unemployed after America s most recent economic crash, questions her life path when she begins dating a middle-aged widower still in mourning for his wife. And in the book s final story, a tour de force spanning three continents and three generations of women, a young American and her Israeli husband are forced to reconsider their marriage after the death of her dissident art-collecting grandmother. Again and again, Molly Antopol s deeply sympathetic characters struggle for footing in an uncertain world, hounded by forces beyond their control. Their voices are intimate and powerful and they resonate with searing beauty. Antopol is a superb young talent, and The UnAmericans will long be remembered for its wit, humanity, and heart."

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[A] poised debut.

In a word: Wow!

Molly Antopol's stories display that wonderful combination of an original voice with settings that are masterfully rendered. A rich collection, a great read.--Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

A brave, generous, and effortlessly smart story collection by a young writer with talent to burn.--Lauren Groff, author of Arcadia

This is deeply humane fiction, coursing with the heat of a passionate, sympathetic heart.--Ken Kalfus, author of A Disorder Peculiar to the Country and Equilateral

Allegiances are not always what they seem, in these wonderfully engrossing stories of Old- and New-World Jews cast on the sometimes rough waters of history. Molly Antopol is a vivid chronicler of the good intentions and big misapprehensions of her characters, as we intently watch them try to get it right.--Joan Silber, author of Fools

[Antopol] draws the reader to her deeply flawed characters [with] their keen self-awareness, and their consequent ability to act with a semblance of moral, sometimes even selfless, integrity.

Antopol accomplishes in each of these stories what would take most writers an entire novel to achieve: a fully imagined world.--Dara Horn, author of A Guide for the Perplexed

Evoked with uncommon skill and confidence.--Lauren Waterman

Sharply funny and always intelligent, and readers will find [these stories] immediately appealing.
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Molly Antopol teaches writing at Stanford University, where she was a recent Wallace Stegner Fellow. A recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, she holds an MFA from Columbia University and lives in San Francisco.

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  • PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
  • Publication date2014
  • ISBN 10 0393241130
  • ISBN 13 9780393241136
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