The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories

Ronald P. Frye & Co. is proud to present the latest publication from poet and translator Seymour Mayne. The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories is a collection of humorous and witty stories. An old blue couch is heisted away by neighbourhood thieves; a comforter from Poland undergoes a new utilitarian transformation; a prayershawl may have ended up on the wrong shoulders; a synagogue kiddush club faces a crisis of whiskey drought these and other situations give rise to hilarious predicaments for the characters in this collection of endearing and deliciously comic stories. The Old Blue Couch and Other Stories will delight the reader both for its warmth and wit. It will hold an honoured place at the literary banquet table.