Author : Ted Solotaroff
Publisher : Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Book Synopsis The Schocken Book of Contemporary Jewish Fiction by : Ted Solotaroff
Download or read book The Schocken Book of Contemporary Jewish Fiction written by Ted Solotaroff and published by Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch). This book was released on 1996-04-23 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark anthology brings together some of the best stories written in the last thirty years by and about American Jews. Saul Bellow tells a brutal coming-of-age story set in Chicago; Mark Helprin recalls a stint in the Israeli army during the Six-Day War; Grace Paley explores the complex relationship between Jews and Blacks; Philip Roth muses on what life would have been like for Kafka if he had come to America, and maybe dated Roth's aunt From I.B. Singer's unforgettable depiction of a widower in Miami Beach to Michael Chabon's California-style Jewish wedding and Allegra Goodman's satiric portrayal of a yuppie Orthodox family, a rare view--and one surprising in its diversity--emerges out of the contemporary experience in America.