American Jewish Fiction
eBook - PDF

American Jewish Fiction

A JPS Guide

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

American Jewish Fiction

A JPS Guide

About this book

This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader's dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction. The selection includes a wide range of classic American Jewish novels and story collections, from 1867 to the present, selected by the author in consultation with a panel of literary scholars and book industry professionals. Roth, Mailer, Kellerman, Chabon, Ozick, Heller, and dozens of other celebrated writers are here, with their most notable works. Each entry includes a book summary, with historical context and background on the author. Suggestions for further reading point to other books that match readers' interests and favorite writers. And the introduction is a fascinating exploration of the history of and important themes in American Jewish Fiction, illustrating how Jewish writing in the U.S. has been in constant dialogue with popular entertainment and intellectual life. Included in this guide are lists of book award winners; recommended anthologies; title, author, and subject indexes; and more.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1Differences
  7. 2As It Was Written: A Jewish Musicianā€™s Story
  8. 3Other Things Being Equal
  9. 4Joseph Zalmonah
  10. 5Yekl and The Imported Bridegroomand Other Stories of the New York Ghetto
  11. 6Children of Men
  12. 7Q.E.D.
  13. 8Motl, the Cantorā€™s Son
  14. 9The Tether
  15. 10The Rise of David Levinsky
  16. 11The Chosen People
  17. 12Fanny Herself
  18. 13Salome of the Tenements
  19. 14Haunch, Paunch and Jowl
  20. 15Bread Givers
  21. 16Amerika
  22. 17The Island Within
  23. 18Arnold Levenberg
  24. 19Singermann
  25. 20Bottom Dogs
  26. 21 Jews without Money
  27. 22By the Waters of Manhattan
  28. 23Thicker Than Water
  29. 24Miss Lonelyhearts andThe Day of the Locust
  30. 25Call It Sleep
  31. 26Summer in Williamsburg,Homage to Blenholt, and Low Company
  32. 27The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
  33. 28I Can Get It for You Wholesale
  34. 29Tomorrowā€™s Bread
  35. 30As a Driven Leaf
  36. 31What Makes Sammy Run?
  37. 32Jewish Cowboy [Der Yidisher Kauboy]
  38. 33The Family Carnovsky
  39. 34Focus
  40. 35Passage from Home
  41. 36Wasteland
  42. 37East River
  43. 38The Amboy Dukes
  44. 39My Glorious Brothers
  45. 40The Naked and the Dead
  46. 41The Break-Up of Our Camp and Other Stories
  47. 42A Stone for Danny Fisher
  48. 43The Adventures of Augie March
  49. 44Blessed Is the Land
  50. 45Marjorie Morningstar
  51. 46Compulsion
  52. 47Remember Me to God
  53. 48The Assistant
  54. 49Shadows on the Hudson
  55. 50Exodus
  56. 51Goodbye, Columbus and Five Stories
  57. 52The Pawnbroker
  58. 53Tell Me a Riddle
  59. 54Stern
  60. 55Herzog
  61. 56To an Early Grave
  62. 57Friday, the Rabbi Slept Late
  63. 58Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers
  64. 59The Last Jew in America
  65. 60Green: A Novella and Eight Stories
  66. 61Tsemakh Atlas/The Yeshiva
  67. 62Waiting for the News
  68. 63Portnoyā€™s Complaint
  69. 64Are You There, God? Itā€™s Me, Margaret
  70. 65Bech, a Book
  71. 66The Book of Daniel
  72. 67Double or Nothing: A Real Fictitious Discourse
  73. 68Jacobā€™s Son
  74. 69The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
  75. 70Edwin Mullhouse: The Life andDeath of an American Writer,1943ā€“1954, by Jeffrey Cartwright
  76. 71My Name Is Asher Lev
  77. 72In the Days of Simon Stern
  78. 73Fear of Flying
  79. 74A Star in the Family
  80. 75My Own Ground
  81. 76Refinerā€™s Fire: The Life and Adventuresof Marshall Pearl, a Foundling
  82. 77In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories
  83. 78A Weave of Women
  84. 79A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories
  85. 80Good as Gold
  86. 81O My America!
  87. 82The Mind-Body Problem
  88. 83Hungry Hearts
  89. 84Disturbances in the Field
  90. 85Heartburn
  91. 86Mainland
  92. 87Her First American
  93. 88Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven
  94. 89The Ritual Bath
  95. 90The Shawl
  96. 91The Great Letter E
  97. 92He, She, and It
  98. 93Operation Shylock: A Confession
  99. 94The Prince of West End Avenue
  100. 95The Collected Stories
  101. 96Mr. Vertigo
  102. 97A Disturbance in One Place
  103. 98The Romance Reader
  104. 99While the Messiah Tarries
  105. 100Tales Out of School
  106. 101Mona in the Promised Land
  107. 102The Complete Stories
  108. 103The Puttermesser Papers
  109. 104American Pastoral
  110. 105Like Never Before
  111. 106Paradise, New York
  112. 107The Jew of New York
  113. 108For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
  114. 109The Ladies Auxiliary
  115. 110Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith
  116. 111The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
  117. 112Bee Season
  118. 113Days of Awe
  119. 114Paradise Park
  120. 115Everything Is Illuminated
  121. 116The Russian Debutanteā€™s Handbook
  122. 117Old School
  123. 118San Remo Drive
  124. 119The First Desire
  125. 120Joy Comes in the Morning
  126. 121Collected Stories
  127. 122The World to Come
  128. 123The Yiddish Policemenā€™s Union
  129. 124The Collected Stories
  130. 123. The Yiddish Policemenā€™s Union
  131. 124. The Collected Stories
  132. 125. Petropolis
  133. Appendixes
  134. Index by Author
  135. Index by Title
  136. Index by Subject