Jonah and Sarah: Jewish Stories of Russia and AmericaFrom the deceptively simple narrative (Apple Cider Vinegar, Hurricane Bob) to the surrealist story (Dismemberers) and the magical tale (Jonah and Sarah and Lanskoy Road), the tempo fluctuates, but throughout, Shrayer Petrov seamlessly preserves familiar voices. The stories have a genuine feel of the setting and epoch the Russian stories work as narratives of everyday life, while the American stories offer an accurate sense of an migr 's alienation.