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LINDA P. LERMAN
American Jewish Fiction Books
1990-1991
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America and I: short stories by American Jewish women writers.
Edited by
Joyce Antler. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990. 355 p.
Twenty-three short stories written during this century by Amer
ican Jewish women are represented in this collection, including
Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, Edna Ferber, Fannie Hurst, Grace
Paley, Gloria Goldreich, Johanna Kaplan, Cynthia Ozick, and Su
san Fromberg Schaeffer. Grouped by historical periods, the stories
illustrate the diverse themes and styles that are part o f the main
stream o f American Jewish literature.
And Rachel was his wife: an anonymous manuscript.
Revised and ed. by
Marsi Tabak. Based on
Dorot harishonim
by Yitzhak Eizik Halevy.
NY: Feldheim, 1990. 305 p.
A historical novel that brings to life the personalities o f the Mish
nah within the context o f the events o f that era. Rabbi Akiba is
the one man that emerges as the undisputed leader. The saga
is told through the journal o f Leah, lifelong friend o f Rabbi Akiba’s
wife, Rachel.
A
p p l e f e l d
, A
h a r o n
.
The Healer.
Tr. from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M.
Green. NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. 220 p.
Family life in pre-WWII Vienna is the setting o f this novel that
explores the complex emotions o f a thriving factory owner, his
wife, and their son and daughter. Although no longer practicing
Jews, they make a pilgrimage to a remote Jewish hamlet in the
Carpathian Mountains to consult an old man known to be a healer.
A
r g a m a n
, S
h e m u e l
.
The Captivity of the Maharam.
Tr. from the Hebrew
by Tziril Salel. Lakewood, NJ: CIS Publishers, 1990. 130 p.
A dramatic account o f the events that led to the flight o f the
Maharam o f Rothenburg, one o f the last Rishonim, and his im
prisonment by Rudolf o f Hapsburg, the Holy Roman Emperor.
B e c k e r ,
J
u r e k
.
Jakob
the
liar.
Tr. from the German by Leila Vennewitz.
NY: Schocken, 1990. 208 p.
It’s 1943 and Jakob is caught after a curfew. While in the cor
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