Jewish Author or Story

Stories about Jewish lives or written by Jewish authors

Updated May 29, 2024
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American pastoral
Roth, Philip.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Philip Roth's masterpiece provides a piercing look into the promises of prosperity, civic order and domesticity in twentieth century America 'Swede' Levov is living the American dream. He glides through life cocooned by his devoted...
The dovekeepers : a novel
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
The lives of four sensuous, bold and remarkable women intersect in the year 70AD, in the desperate days of the siege of Masada, when supplies are dwindling and the Romans are drawing near. All are dovekeepers, and all are keepers of secrets - about who they are, where they come from, who fathered...
The drowned and the saved
Levi, Primo.
Paper Book
The author tries to understand the rationale behind Auschwitz, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen. Dismissing stereotyped images of brutal Nazi torturers and helpless victims, Levi draws extensively on his own experiences to delve into the minds and motives of oppressors and oppressed alike. Describing the...
Find me
Aciman, André
Paper Book
In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of Call Me by Your Name revisits his characters' complex lives in the years after their first meeting.
Foundation
Asimov, Isaac
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov's iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon's two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped...
The impossible exile : Stefan Zweig at the end of the world
Prochnik, George
Paper Book
A moving and original examination of Austrian Jewish author Stefan Zweig's fall from world fame in the 1920s and early 1930s to exile and death in 1942.
Man's search for meaning
Frankl, Viktor E.
Paper Book
16 MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A book to read, to cherish, to debate, and one that will ultimately keep the memories of the victims alive' John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the...
Moonglow : a novel
Chabon, Michael
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Telegraph Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book of the Year * A Washington Post Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year * A Slate Book of the Year 'Probably Chabon's greatest, a piece of sustained writing that will be hard to see outdone...
The particular sadness of lemon cake : a novel
Bender, Aimee.
Paper Book
The power : a novel
Alderman, Naomi
Paper Book
Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - teenage girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary, visceral novel are utterly transformed.
What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank
Englander, Nathan.
Paper Book
A FRANK O'CONNOR AWARD-winning, simply stunning short-story collection by one of America's most critically acclaimed young writers. From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of...

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