PositiveQuill and Quire (CAN)In his sophomore volume of short fiction, David Bezmozgis deepens his exploration of the fates and furies that beset Jewish immigrants as they struggle with the unwieldy claims of the past. Replete with the wry humour and finely hewn prose that characterized the author’s debut, Natasha and Other Stories, this new collection resonates with power and poignancy ... All the stories in Immigrant City are tragicomedies in the vein of the late, great Bernard Malamud, whose influence is evident in the need for adversaries to co-operate and in the living power of the past, which can never be laid to rest.
