Hungry Hearts
1983
First Published
3.65
Average Rating
213
Number of Pages
Presents the story of Dinah Rappoport, star of the Yiddish stage, and her three weddings - to the same man. The novel tells of her eventful performance in Anski's classic play of thwarted love and demonic possession, The Dybbuk, its galvanizing effect on the hungry hearts of players and audience alike, and the unexpected ways in which the play's themes resonate in Dinah's own life.
Avg Rating
3.65
Number of Ratings
20
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10%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author
Francine Prose
Author · 40 books
Francine Prose is the author of twenty works of fiction. Her novel A Changed Man won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and Blue Angel was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim and a Fulbright, a Director's Fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, Prose is a former president of PEN American Center, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent book is Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932. She lives in New York City.
