Jewish American Fiction
Explore the finest Jewish American fiction with our curated list of must-read books. Discover compelling stories, iconic authors, and cultural insights in these acclaimed American novels.
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Jewish American Literature
by Jules Chametzky
A collection of Jewish-American literature written by various authors between 1656 and 1990.
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The Island Within
by Ludwig Lewisohn
First published in the late 1920s, The Island Within was Ludwig Lewisohn's first novel to focus on a Jewish theme. Emerging from the experience of …
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The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature
by Hana Wirth-Nesher
For more than two hundred years, Jews have played important roles in the development of American literature. The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature addresses …
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American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century—a compulsively readable elegy for America’s promises of …
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A Cynthia Ozick Reader
by Cynthia Ozick
""[Ozick's] range of influences is obvious in the fine selections of poems and short stories as well as essays from Art & Ardor (1983) and …
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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
by Nathan Englander
A work of stunning authority and imagination, Englander's debut contains ten energized, irreverent stories rooted in the weight of Jewish history and the customs of …
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Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may …
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The Penguin Book of Modern Yiddish Verse
by Irving Howe
Features the works of six major Yiddish poets and selections from the work of thirty-three others, with Yiddish and English on facing pages
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Call It Sleep
by Henry Roth
When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim though, in those troubled times, lackluster …
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Mr. Sammler's Planet
by Saul Bellow
Winner of the National Book Award in Fiction “An enduring testament and prophecy.” —Chicago Sun-Times A Penguin Classic Mr. Artur Sammler, Holocaust survivor, intellectual, and …
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The Collected Stories
by Grace Paley
At long last, here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. From her first book, The Little Disturbances of Man, published …
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The Magic Barrel
by Bernard Malamud
A collection of thirteen short fiction stories, set in New York and Italy, by twentieth-century American author Bernard Malamud.
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The Education of Hyman Kaplan
by Leo Rosten
"The hilarious, timeless tale about a unique American experience"--Cover
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Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems
by Emma Lazarus
The first important American Jewish poet, Emma Lazarus is remembered above all for her classic sonnet “The New Colossus,” whose phrases (“Give me your tired, …
