OCTOBER 2008:
ALAN KAUFMAN'S VISIONARY EXPRESSIONISM:
A ZIONIST ART
Edited by Polly Zavadivker.

Miriam Books' premier publication, Visionary Expressionism: A Zionist Art presents the work of painter Alan Kaufman's work. Fusing the philosophy of Zionism with the visual language of modern art, Kaufman's work is an electrifying manifesto for the emerging Zionist arts movement.

This 60 page book reproduces 24 full color paintings along with accompanying essays from Thane Rosenbaum, David Twersky, Alan Kaufman, and others. Stunning black and white photos document of the artist's life and philosophy. 

Available for $14.95. Visit the VISIONARY EXPRESSIONISM page to order!!!!

MATCHES, a novel by Alan Kaufman
Back Bay/Little, Brown paperback original
 264 pages
 ISBN 0-316-10664-X
$10.00 + $3.95 s/h

Alan Kaufman's novel MATCHES (Little, Brown) is now available through Miriam Books. MATCHES propels the reader into the life and mind of a young American member of the Israel Defense Forces. Patrolling the streets of the West Bank and Gaza in the dead of night, playing a high-stakes off-duty game of Risk with his fellow soldiers, making illicit love to the wife of his best friend, Nathan Falk lives each moment with an increasing awareness ofo the arbitrary boundary between life and death.  His story, told with the fierce intensity and poetic intimacy of a memoir, is an indelible portrait of what war does to the soul of a man.

"This is an extraordinary war novel. It is unusual, profound, simple, brutal and idiosyncratic."                                                            DAVID MAMET

" Vivid—and personal—at every turns...gives readers a fascinating look at the story behind the numbing newspaper tallies."
                                                            PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"There's  more passion here than you see in twenty other books combined...this is a very crucial book to read at a very crucial time."
                                                            DAVE EGGERS