The St. Veronica Gig Stories - by Jack Pulaski (Paperback)

About the Book

Sketches of immigrant life in Brooklyn.

Book Synopsis

Set in the immigrant streets and tenements of Brooklyn, Jack Pulaski's stories sparkle with incident, character, memory, and a touch of the surreal. In "Religious Instruction," a widowed scripture teacher channels her passion into a retelling of the primal stories of the bible that transixes her adolescent students: "When she marries again we will not hear these stories, not the same way." "Music Story" sketches a chilling portrait of urban ethnic territoriality, while in "Father of the Bride," a young Jew pursues the skeptical, profane and eccentric Carlos, seeking his daughter's hand.

"Get the book and read it. And then shower copies on everyone you know who still enjoys moving his or her eyes from left to right."--Sven Birkerts.

"Jack Pulaski has his turf, and the talent to work it."--Andrei Codrescu

About the Author

Jack Pulaski grew up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. His stories have appeared in The Iowa Review, Ohio Review, Tikkun, Ploughshares, The New England Review, among others. His first book of short stories (The St. Veronica Gig Stories) was published by Zephyr in 1986. Pulaski currently lives in Vermont.