The Pages by Hugo Hamilton
One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht’s tote bag, about to accompany her on a journey from New York to Berlin in search of a clue to the hand-drawn map...
Jewish Book World Blog
The 40 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2022
Here is the list of the 40 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2022. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature by Marina Zilbergerts
Jews in Eastern Europe The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature argues that the institution of the yeshiva and its ideals of Jewish textual study played a seminal role in the resurgence...
The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time by Miriamne Ara Krummel
The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time studies violent temporal clashes that are written into the medieval vision of annus domini [the year of our Lord]. Christian temporality represents Jewish time as...
Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchs by Lily Arad
Identities, Otherness, and Belonging Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time...
Loss of Memory Is Only Temporary: Stories by Johanna Kaplan
Introduction: Francine Prose A funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose Johanna Kaplan’s beautifully written stories first burst on the literary scene...
The Prague Circle: Franz Kafka, Egon Erwin Kisch, Max Brod, Franz Werfel, Paul Kornfeld, and Their Legacies by Stephen Shearier
A group of mostly Jewish German-speaking writers, the Prague Circle included some of the most significant figures in modern Western literature. Its core members, Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Franz Werfel, Paul Kornfeld, and Egon...
Stop Look and Listen: Celebrating Shabbos Through a Spiritual Lens by Nehemia Polen
Stop. Look. Listen. The three stages of a full day of uninterrupted practice, tied to the natural cycle of the sun’s setting, rising, and setting again. This stunning and inspiring work reintroduces Shabbos to...
Holocaust Consciousness and Cold War Violence in Latin America by Estelle Tarica
Suny Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture This book proposes the existence of a recognizably distinct Holocaust consciousness in Latin America since the 1970s. Community leaders, intellectuals, writers, and political activists facing state...
I Came All This Way to Meet You by Jami Attenberg
Writing Myself Home From New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling memoir about unlocking and embracing her creativity—and how it saved her life. In this brilliant, fierce, and funny memoir of...
