Withdrawal: A Novel

by Michael Hoffman


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 17/02/2003

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 292
ISBN : 9781403369413
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 292
ISBN : 9781403369406

About the Book

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.