"Jon Papernick is an utterly original writer...Every single story here delivers a knock-out punch that will leave you reeling long after you've put it down—and revising your thinking on what life and love really mean."
Dara Horn, author of In the Image, and The World to Come.
“Papernick writes with tremendous passion about the downside of love,sex, and faith. The characters in this fearless collection are lovely and desperate and (like all of us) unforgettably stung by the world of their own disappointments.”
Steve Almond, author of My Life in Heavy Metal and Candyfreak.
"Papernick writes about life, not literature. Every story deepens our understanding of humanity and leaves us just a little bit smarter."
Michael Wex, Best-selling author of Born to Kvetch.
"Papernick writes about Jewish tradition from the inside with an insider's comprehension of its quirks and contradictions in a prose style tinged with dark humor and irreverence. Comparisons have aptly been made with Nathan Englander and Bernard Malamud...Papernick is nothing if not a literary iconoclast keen on exploding our idols, ideals and conceptions about ourselves and others. At times erotic and infused with a dark and sometimes-funny magic realism."
Canadian Jewish News
"Surprising, shocking, profane and hilarious, There Is No Other explores the lives of Jews on the edge of despair, desperate to connect to each other, their kids, and their God. One of the most startlingly brilliant story collections I’ve read in years."
Caroline Leavitt, novelist, book critic, screenwriter.
“Papernick excels at setting a scene, blending place and dialogue to bring us quickly into the space of each story..."The Miracle Birth" offers a magical realist tale of an Israeli girl whose virgin pregnancy is discovered when she is six years old. The story may be a fable for modern Jewry."
The Globe and Mail
