Tagged: jewish books

The May Jewish Book Carnival

The May Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Erika Dreifus at My Machberet at http://www.erikadreifus.com/2014/05/jewish-book-carnival-3/. You’ll find links to Jewish book news, book...

The Confabulist by Steven Galloway

What is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has happened in your life? The Confabulist weaves together the rise and fall of world-famous...

American Innovations: Stories by Rivka Galchen

Rivka Galchen Is Not Your MommyThe thirtysomething characters in ‘American Innovations,’ her vital, intelligent, new collection of stories, have trouble growing up Atmospheric Disturbances, Rivka Galchen’s first book, was one of the most celebrated novelistic debuts of the...

The Yiddish Writer and the Siberian Exile

Born Pinkhes Kahanovitsch in 1884 Ukraine, Der Nister—the nom de plume meaning “The Hidden One”—was a widely underappreciated Yiddish writer of staggering talent and ingenuity. Der Nister’s early surrealistic stories were infused with Kabbalah and inspired by...