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Jewish books: Fishman and Tsabari explore home and displacement in new fiction

In my examiner article I write:

“Two fiction books published this month explore what home means for two distinct waves of recent immigrants. Boris Fishman continues to relate the experiences of Russian speaking Jews who immigrated to America in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s in his second novel Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, and Canadian-Israeli writer Ayelet Tsabari explores the lives of young Israelis at home and abroad in her debut book of short stories The Best Place on Earth: Stories, which won the Jewish Book Council’s $100, 000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2015 for the 2013 Canadian edition.”

Also see my New York Journal of Books reviews of the two books:

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/dont-let-my-baby

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/bo…/b…

Filed under: book reviews, examiner articles, Uncategorized Tagged: American literature, Ayelet Tsabari, book reviews, books, Boris Fishman, Canadian literature, examiner.com, fiction, immigrant literature, Israeli literature, New York Journal of Books, novels, short stories

Israeli books: Youval Shimoni’s experimental post-modern fiction classic A Room

In my New York Journal of Books review of Youval Shimoni‘s A Room I write: “A Room is strongly recommended to readers of post-modern and experimental fiction who enjoy stream of consciousness narratives and who are willing to delve deeper than a thin plot’s surface level.”

See my examiner article for additional excerpts from the novel.

Filed under: book reviews, examiner articles, Uncategorized Tagged: book reviews, books, examiner.com, experimental fiction, Israeli literature, jewish, New York Journal of Books, novels, post-modern, Youval Shimoni

Jewish books: Fishman and Tsabari explore home and displacement in new fiction

In my examiner article I write:

"Two fiction books published this month explore what home means for two distinct waves of recent immigrants. Boris Fishman continues to relate the experiences of Russian speaking Jews who immigrated to America in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s in his second novel Don't Let My Baby Do Rodeo, and Canadian-Israeli writer Ayelet Tsabari explores the lives of young Israelis at home and abroad in her debut book of short stories The Best Place on Earth: Stories, which won the Jewish Book Council’s $100, 000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2015 for the 2013 Canadian edition."

Also see my New York Journal of Books reviews of the two books:
http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-...
http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/bo…/b...

Israeli books: Youval Shimoni's experimental post-modern fiction classic A Room

In my New York Journal of Books review of Youval Shimoni's A Room I write: "A Room is strongly recommended to readers of post-modern and experimental fiction who enjoy stream of consciousness narratives and who are willing to delve deeper than a thin plot’s surface level."

See my examiner article for additional excerpts from the novel.

Jewish books: Gyorgy Spiro’s Captivity portrays First Century Roman Jewry

 

My review of Captivity by György Spiró appears in New York Journal of Books. Additional remarks about the novel and its historical background are found in my examiner article.

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91 year old William Gass’ prose is still gorgeous in Eyes: Novellas and Stories

Eyes by William Gass book cover

My review of William Gass’ new book of short fiction appears in New York Journal of Books. For a longer excerpt from the book and additional biographical info about Gass see my examiner.com article.

a book review by David Cooper: Eyes: Novellas and Storie…

Eyes: Novellas and Stories by William H. Gaas book review. Click to read the full review of Eyes: Novellas and Stories in New York Journal of Books. Review written …









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91 year old William Gass’ prose is still gorgeous in Eye…

“The brown paper wall bore tears and peels and spots made by drops of who knew what — expectorations past.









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Filed under: book reviews, examiner articles Tagged: American literature, authors, belles lettres, book reviews, books, dense prose, examiner.com, experimental fiction, fiction, literature, New York Journal of Books, novellas, short fiction, short stories, William H. Gass

Israeli books: Ronit Matalon’s autobiographic novel The Sound of Our Steps

“A fictional and more literary tale of an Egyptian Jewish family’s diminished circumstances after immigrating to Israel is The Sound of Our Steps by Ronit Matalon, a novel published today in Dalya Bilu’s English translation by Metropolitan Books. In my New York Journal of Books review I praise it as a ‘beautifully written and skillfully translated book that rewards rereading.’” — from my examiner article Israeli Books: Ronit Matalon’s autobiographic novel The Sound of Our Steps 

Ronit Matalon
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Ronit Matalon's autobiographic novel The Sound of Our Steps

"A fictional and more literary tale of an Egyptian Jewish family’s diminished circumstances after immigrating to Israel is The Sound of Our Steps by Ronit Matalon , a novel published today in Dalya Bilu ’s English translation by Metropolitan Books. In my New York Journal of Books review I praise it as a 'beautifully written and skillfully translated book that rewards rereading.'” -- from my examiner article, Israeli Books: Ronit Matalon's autobiographic novel The Sound of Our Steps

Jewish books: Joshua Cohen’s Book of Numbers is a high tech epic

What happens when a down on his luck luddite novelist is hired to ghostwrite a memoir by a math whiz tech mogul who shares his (and the author of this novel’s) name? …At close to 600 pages of dense prose Book of Numbers is not light reading. I close my NYJB review by recommending it to “readers as ambitious as it is.” — from Jewish books: Joshua Cohen’s Book of Numbers is a high tech epic Also see my New York Journal of Books review. Overall, a challenging but fun and rewarding read!

Jewish books: Joshua Cohen’s Book of Numbers is a high tech epic

What happens when a down on his luck luddite novelist is hired to ghostwrite a memoir by a math whiz tech mogul who shares his (and the author of this novel’s) name? …At close to 600 pages of dense prose Book of Numbers is not light reading. I close my NYJB review by recommending it to “readers as ambitious as it is.” — from Jewish books: Joshua Cohen’s Book of Numbers is a high tech epic Also see my New York Journal of Books review. A challenging but fun and rewarding read!

Filed under: book reviews, examiner articles Tagged: American literature, Book of Numbers, book reviews, books, examiner.com, fiction, jewish, Joshua Cohen, literature, New York Journal of Books, novels, tech culture