ceiling lights & chandeliers
light fell
touching ... . it raises brave questions about the nature of family and betrayal rupture and healing . san francisco chronicle br a stirring exploration of obsession spirituality and the healing power of time ... . light fell is an astonishingly accomplished first novel wisely attuned to lifes infinitely strange turns . the miami herald br evan fallenberg has written an honest and brave book . binnie kirshenbaum author of an almost perfect moment br elegant ... . moving . the jewish daily forward br powerful . victoria redel author of the border of truth br credible and absorbing . publishers weekly br fallenbergs smoothly flowing observations of father son bonds and of love of many kinds resonates on many levels . booklist br intelligent . kirkus reviews br compelling . library journal br exquisite marvelously peopled and extraordinarily moving . aryeh lev stollman author of the illuminated soul br awarded the 2009 stonewall prize for fiction the first and most enduring award for glbt books sponsored by the american library associations gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered round table . br winner of the publishing triangles 2008 edmund white award for debut fiction . br twenty years have passed since joseph left his family and his religious israeli community when he fell in love with a man the brilliant rabbi yoel rosenzweig . now for his fiftieth birthday joseph is preparing to have his five sons and the daughter in law he has never met spend the sabbath with him in his tel aviv penthouse . this will be the first time he and his sons will have all been together in nearly two decades . br evan fallenberg is a native of cleveland ohio and has lived in israel since 1985 where he is a writer teacher and translator . his recent translations include novels by batya gur meir shalev and ron leshem . he is a graduate of georgetown university and the vermont college mfa program in creative writing . light fell is his first novel .