One story in this collection concerns a character who inexplicably adopts the fake name Henry R. Freeman when he goeson vacation in Europe, where he rents a rowboat to visit the private island "Isola del Dongo" on Lake Maggiore and falls inlove with the mysterious Isabella.
One story in this collection concerns a character who inexplicably adopts the fake name Henry R. Freeman when he goeson vacation in Europe, where he rents a rowboat to visit the private island "Isola del Dongo" on Lake Maggiore and falls inlove with the mysterious Isabella. The protagonist of another story has his briefcase containing a chapter of his critical studyof Giotto stolen by a mysterious beggar who had followed him in Rome for days. "The Lady of the Lake" and "The LastMohican" appear in this collection, which features a story about a poor tailor who discovers his sick wife Fanny has miraculouslyhealed aftfter visiting the seedy Harlem cabaret Bella'sand telling the title large black man, "I think you are an angel fromGod." The protagonist of the title story mistakenly discovers a photo of Stella aftfter hiring the services of a matchmaker whosuggests girls by drawing names from the title object. The story "Angel Levine" appears in this collection whose title storyconcerns Leo Finkle falling in love with the disreputable daughter of Pinye Salzman. For 10 points, name this National BookAward-winning, 1958 short story collection by Bernard Malamud.
One story in this collection concerns a character who inexplicably adopts the fake name Henry R. Freeman when he goeson vacation in Europe, where he rents a rowboat to visit the private island "Isola del Dongo" on Lake Maggiore and falls inlove with the mysterious Isabella.
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