Fools: Stories
Joan Silber, 2013
When is it wise to be a fool for something? From New York to India to Paris, characters tackle this question head-on. Vera, the anarchist daughter of missionary parents, leaves her family for love and activism in New York. A generation later, her doubting daughter insists on the truth of being of two minds, even in marriage. The son of a Florida hotel owner steals money from his family and departs for Paris, where he finds himself outsmarted in turn. Fools ponders the circle of winners and losers, dupers and duped, and the price we pay for our beliefs. Longlisted for National Book Award.