Liebestod: Opera Buffa with Leib Goldkorn

by Leslie Epstein

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Liebestod returns us to Leslie Epstein's most compelling literary character, that European emigre and meagerly successful musician, Leib Goldkorn, whose final years as a randy centenarian in New York City end in one of the most memorable swan songs in recent fiction. Invited back to his hometown in Moravia, Leib discovers that his father is not a hops magnate but actually one of the twentieth century's greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393081311
• ISBN13: 9780393081312
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"