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02782aam a22004338i 4500 001 AD8E1448136211EB81CB539552ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201021010010 008 200323t20202020nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020013974 020 $a 0393652408 020 $a 9780393652406 035 $a (OCoLC)1147932425 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TOH $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN842 $b .K468 2020 082 04 $a 809.88924 $2 23 082 00 $a 809/.9335299240904 $2 23 100 1 $a Kirsch, Adam, $d 1976- $e author. 245 14 $a The blessing and the curse : $b the Jewish people and their books in the twentieth century / $c Adam Kirsch. 246 30 $a Blessing and the curse : $b the Jewish people and their books in the 20th century 246 30 $a Jewish people and their books in the twentieth century 246 30 $a Jewish people and their books in the 20th century 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2020] 300 $a xiv, 279 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-262) and index. 520 $a "An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression" (Robert Alter, New York Times), formidable and perceptive literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the salient works of modern Jewish thought. From the vast emigration of Jews out of Eastern Europe to the Holocaust to the creation of Israel, the twentieth century transformed Jewish life. This was true, also, of writing: the novels, plays, poems, and memoirs of Jewish writers provided intimate access to new worlds of experience. Here Kirsch navigates four themes that shaped the twentieth century in Jewish literature and culture: Europe, America, Israel, and the endeavor to reconfigure Judaism as a modern faith. Reading writers ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Anne Frank to Tony Kushner, Hannah Arendt to Judith Plaskow, Kirsch's scope is wide and his observations diverse. Insightful and engaging, The Blessing and the Curse brings the Jewish experience vividly to life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Jewish literature $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Judaism $y 20th century. 941 $a 6 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021852.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014040.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210415010205.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210202014801.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105040658.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201021010029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AD8E1448136211EB81CB539552ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search