Ice Fire Water (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393320909)

Leib Goldkorn, aged musician, first appeared almost a quarter-century ago in The Steinway Quintet. Now Leib has replaced his magic flute with his phallus: it is love, longing, and the quest for sexual fulfillment that must stave off both his own death and the imminent destruction of the Jews. In Ice he rescues the celebrated skater Sonja Henie from Hitler's clutches. In Fire his paramour is Carmen Miranda. And in Water he engages in a South Sea Island intrigue with a famous swimming star of the 1940s. Meanwhile, in the present, Leib seeks consummation with three other inamoratas: Clara, his wife; Hustler model Miss Crystal Knight; and the critic Michiko Kakutani (causing a real-life literary scandal). In this "wickedly funny" (Elle) and no less heartbreaking novel, Leib Goldkorn emerges as one of American literature's most enduring, and endearing, creations. A New York Times Notable Book; a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year.

Author: Leslie Epstein
ISBN-10: 0393320901
ISBN-13: 9780393320909
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2000
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.13h x 5.40w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/10/2000 pg. 48