The Death of Methuselah : and Other Stories

Twenty stories from the Nobel Prizewinner, including "Disguised," a transvestite tale of the yeshiva student whose deserted wife finds him dressed as a woman and married to a man, and the title story, which portrays Methuselah at the age of 969 -- "and when you pass your nine hundredth birthday, you are not what you used to be."

“This cunning, pungent new collection of stories from the 1970's and 1980's adds a characteristic twist to the materials of a long career.” —Robert Pinsky, The New York Times

“Highly reccommended.” —Library Journal

“Brimming wwith life.” —John Gross, The New York Times