Disturbing Identities Author:J. J. Steinfeld The twenty stories in Disturbing Identities, each darkly comic and tragic or absurd, explore themes that engage J.J. Steinfeld's passions: the influence of memory on the present, and the significance of love, creativity, and madness in the lives of individuals attempting to deal with the not always hospitable world around them. In th... more »ese stories, Steinfeld maps the disintegration of identity that is so much a part of modernity, but the characters portrayed endure in their struggles for meaning and purpose. In the end the final offering is filled with hope amidst the tragedy.« less