The North of God (The Contemporary Art of the Novella)

"A throwback to the Yiddish sublime."-Harold Bloom

In a boxcar crammed with Jews headed to a concentration camp, one man attempts to tell a story vital enough to displace the horror. A mesmerizing tour-de-force.

Steve Stern's novels and stories have won the Jewish Book Award, the O. Henry Award, and numerous other prizes. He teaches at Skidmore College.