- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: AuthorHouse (20 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1403369402
- ISBN-13: 978-1403369406
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,534,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Len Fishman, errant son, aimless wanderer and, perhaps, father of one, is home in claustrophobic Nectar after twenty-five years. Why did he leave? What brought him back? Ostensibly, his father, the amateur philosopher and, perhaps, closet philanderer Saul Fishman, now an Alzheimer's patient at the Albert Einstein Hospital Geriatric Center. But why does Len stay, nursing a father who doesn't recognize him and wouldn't notice his absence? To recover an innocent past via the girl he loved for a week in grade five? To resume his discipleship to his former high school English teacher, now a rising star on the municipal council? To grasp the truth, when all the evidence suggests there is no such thing? Enigma deepens, solutions whither. Is the Einstein an isolation ward, alien and remote? Or is it where we're all heading?
About the Author
MICHAEL HOFFMAN was born in Montreal, Canada, and has lived in Japan since 1982. He is the author of The Empty Cafe, a critically acclaimed short story collection, and co-author of Tokyo Confidential, a collection of short pieces on life in Japan. His short fiction has appeared in various North American and Japanese magazines. As a freelance journalist, he is a regular contributor of essays, book reviews and translations to Japan's English-language media. Withdrawal is his first novel.
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Very good story that could be about any family
16 Jan 2006
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Set in present-day Canada, somewhere near Toronto, this is the story of Len Fishman. In his mid-40s, he has returned home after 25 years of aimless wandering, mostly in Africa. He lives with his mother, in the house in which he grew up, sleeping on a couch in what used to be his room.
Len discovers that Saul, his father, was an amateur philosopher who, perhaps, was not totally faithful to Len's mother. Saul is now a patient at a local geriatric center, suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Along the way, Len runs into Ron Bloom, his old high school English teacher, now running for a seat on the municipal council. Ron arranges a mini-class reunion with Len's classmates who have stayed in the area. Ron gets elected, and becomes an advocate for the youth of the town. His stay on the council is short; he is forced to resign because of an inappropriate relationship with a student that happened 30 years ago.
Why does Len stay in town? Is it to resume his discipleship with Mr. Bloom, who encouraged him to become an English teacher (how he earned money while living overseas)? Is it to recover his past via a girl he had a crush on in grade five? Saul, his father, doesn't recognize him anymore, and wouldn't miss him if he left.
This is another of those "quiet" stories that, by the end, turns into a really good story. It could take place almost anywhere, and be about any family.
Len discovers that Saul, his father, was an amateur philosopher who, perhaps, was not totally faithful to Len's mother. Saul is now a patient at a local geriatric center, suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Along the way, Len runs into Ron Bloom, his old high school English teacher, now running for a seat on the municipal council. Ron arranges a mini-class reunion with Len's classmates who have stayed in the area. Ron gets elected, and becomes an advocate for the youth of the town. His stay on the council is short; he is forced to resign because of an inappropriate relationship with a student that happened 30 years ago.
Why does Len stay in town? Is it to resume his discipleship with Mr. Bloom, who encouraged him to become an English teacher (how he earned money while living overseas)? Is it to recover his past via a girl he had a crush on in grade five? Saul, his father, doesn't recognize him anymore, and wouldn't miss him if he left.
This is another of those "quiet" stories that, by the end, turns into a really good story. It could take place almost anywhere, and be about any family.
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