The Schocken Book of Contemporary Jewish Fiction

by Solotaroff, Ted; Rapoport, Nessa

• ISBN13: 9780805210651
• ISBN10: 0805210652
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-04-23
• Publisher: Schocken

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Ted Solotaroff is a literary critic and editor. His books include Best American Short Stories, Many Windows, and A Few Good Voices in My Head.<br><br>Nessa Rapoport is the author of Preparing for Sabbath and A Woman's Book of Grieving.

Table of Contents

Introductions Ted Solotaroff

The Open Community Nessa Rapoport

Summoned by the Feast Max Apple

The Eighth Day Saul Bellow

Something to Remember Me By Marsha Lee Berkman

Deeds of Love and Rage Michael Chabon

S Angel E.L Doctorow

The Writer in the Family Allegra Goodman

Variant Text Mark Helprin

North Light—A Recollection in the Present Tense Allen Hoffman

Building Blocks Johanna Kaplan

Sickness Deirdre Levinson

April 19th, 1985 Bernard Malamud

The Silver Crown Daphne Merkin

Enchantment Leonard Michaels

Murderers Cynthia Ozick

Bloodshed Grace Paley

Zagrowsky Tells Nessa Rapoport

The Woman Who Lost Her Names Robin Roger

The Pagan Phallus Philip Roth

“I Always Wanted You to Admire My Fasting”; or, Looking at Kafka Adam Schwartz

Where Is It Written? Lynne Sharon Schwartz

The Melting Pot Lore Segal

The Reverse Bug Isaac Bashevis Singer

A Party in Miami Beach Joanna Spiro

Three Thousand Years of Your History...

Take One Year for Yourself Eppie Zore’a

Orchards

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