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Joseph Epstein is an American writer who was the editor of the magazine The American Scholar from 1975 to 1997. He has published books on subjects such as Ambition, Snobbery, Envy, Friendship, and Charm, as well as collections of his essays and stories, many of which previously appeared in various publications. He has been a regular contributor to Commentary, The New Yorker, Harper's, The New Republic, New York Review of Books, The National Standard, and other publications, and his essays have been included in the annual editions of The Best American Essays.
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When the devoted wife of a Yiddish writer recruits a young man to translate her husband's work in 1960's New York, the young man must contemplate his priorities and mission in life.
After the suicide of his elderly and famous brother, an auto parts salesman recounts his brother's life and details his willingness to hurt everyone who loved him in the name of art.
A Polish man living in America who inherits the title of Count after his parents' death has spent his life studying and teaching political philosophy in Chicago. His formal and aristocratic habits stick out among Americans, and when he begins dating one of his students, a young Jewish woman and a divorcee, he wonders if he can ever truly change his ways.