The Disappearance of Zalman is a collection of short stories by Russian-American bilingual writer Maxim D. Shrayer. Entering into dialogue with the creative heritage of I. Babel, V. Nabokov, I. B. Singer and B. Malamud, Shrayer’s fiction develops the traditions of Russian and Jewish literature in the USA. This is a book about the life of immigrants from the USSR in modern America: emotionally charged relationships, the problems of mixed marriages and the difficulty of choosing between love and belonging to a religion...