The Free Thinkers

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With these two novellas, Silbert joins the ranks of storytellers like Isaac Bashevis Singer and Malamud, writing about an America inhabited by people from other places - in this instance, from the Ukraine. Arriving in thee USA at the turn of the 20th century, they trade Yiddish and Russian for English and old customs for new freedoms. 'The promise of freedom and prosperity is accompanied by anxiety, guilt and regret in this often impressive book.' - New York Times

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"The American Dream is a troubled one...in this impressive book."-New York Times

Author Bio

Layle Silbert made her name as a photographer, mostly of writers, and has had over thirty exhibits throughout the world. She has published stories, poems and a handful of personal essays but thinks of herself chiefly as a writer of short stories, more than one hundred of which have been published in literary magazines. She lives in New York.