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HardCover. Pub Date:2014-02-03 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher:. HarperCollins UK 'The UnAmericans' is a debut story collection of great poise A former dissident from Communist-era Prague fears his daughter's new play will cast him in an unflattering light. A divorced dry cleaner tries to move on. bemused by his daughter's reawakened faith. A Hollywood actor is imprisoned by the House Un-American Activities Committee and has a fraught reunion with his son. A young Israeli journalist. left unemployed after America's most recent economic crash. begins dating a middle-aged widower. And in the book's final story. a tour de force spanning three continents and three generations of women. a young American and her Israeli husband are forced to reconsider their marriage after the death of her art-collecting grandmother. This collection is a stunning exploration of characters...