The Little Disturbances of Man: Stories of Men and Women at Love

…first volume of short stories, The Little Disturbances of Man: Stories of Men and Women at Love (1959), was noted for its realistic dialogue. It was followed by Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) and Later the Same Day (1985), both of which continued her compassionate, often comic, exploration…

…Goodbye and Good Luck, in The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), recalls the speech patterns and the milieu of New York City’s Second Avenue Yiddish theatre. Philip Roth, in Goodbye, Columbus (1959) and Portnoy’s Complaint (1969), shows the continuing presence of Yiddish words and syntax in American Jewish speech. Cynthia…