For example, in the story of Jesus turning the water into wine it is written: “Now there were set there six jars of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews..” (John 2:6) Is it significant that there were six jars? Yes, otherwise it would not be written ...
Lara Vapnyar came to the US from Russia in 1994. She is a recipient of the Guggenheim fellowship, and Goldberg Prize for Jewish fiction. She is the author ofThere Are Jews in My House,Memoirs of a Muse,Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love,The Scent of Pine, andStill Here. Her...