Club Revelation
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.13 (568 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0091N5H0A |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The cross fertilization of religions that marks the novel's denouement is good-natured and satisfying, if not classically ecumenical. Author tour. When William Harp, the son of a Southern evangelist minister, opens a restaurant on the bottom floor of a brownstone owned by three old friends and their wives, they have no idea that he plans to make it a Christian-themed cafeteria that he hopes will entice the area's many Jewish residents to convert. But when Harp's proselytizing Christianity reawakens Marylee Jeffers Levine's longings for spiritual salvation, personal and domestic turmoil ensue for the Levines, the Klains and the Belkins. If his theological explanations sometimes tend toward the didactic, he balances his commentary with clever plot twists, nicely textured characterization and the k
Serving his own blend of Christian cuisine, he opens a restaurant in the space, hoping to convert the Jews of the Upper West Side. Appel's hilarious novel follows three interfaith Jewish/Christian couples who unwittingly rent the ground floor of their brownstone to a charming Southern evangelist. His work has appeared in The National Jewish Monthly and The Progressive. He lives in New York City.Also Available by Allan Appel:High Holiday SutraTP $13.95, 1-56689-065-9 • CUSA. His scheme destroys the harmony of the building when one of his six landlords finds comfort in the preacher's conversion-by-gastronomy methods.Appel's mix
A Customer said Flat characters, stilted dialogue. While the premise of this novel sounds quite interesting, Appel has managed to write a tale of surprisingly little depth. The first problem is the characters. It takes Appel a great number of pages to make one Jewish husband distinct from another or one non-Jewish wife distinct from another. Even then, the characters usually seem like mouthpieces for the religious musings at hand, rather than flesh and blood people. And then there's the dialogue While apparently many reviewers are pleased with the . The Big and the Little Paul Bass Some books I love because the characters are fun and the situations so novel, I can't put the books down. Other books I love because the writer, through the story, taps into Big Questions of life, that make me question my own existence. THis book did both. It was a rollercoaster ride.. "A FUN BOOK TO READ" according to lou. I AGREE WITH PAUL THAT THE CHARACTERS WERE FUN TO READ ABOUT AND THERE WAS A DEEPER MEANING TO THE BOOK. WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO OTHERS