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Less Is More: Alex Epstein’s Poetic Prose

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For young Israeli writer, brevity is the name of the game.

04/26/2010
Eric Herschthal
Staff Writer

Americans are surely familiar, to a point, with Israeli literature. Go to your local Barnes & Noble and you’ll find titles from Amos Oz, David Grossman and Aaron Appelfeld well stocked on its shelves.

Alex Epstein: His short story collection "Blue Has No South" is a study in brevity.
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