O My America!: A Novel

by Johanna Kaplan

Overview

A novel which begins with protagonist Ezra Slavin's unexpected death and then follows on with a reminiscence of his tempestuous career as a first-generation writer, teacher and radical. A particularly strong episode is that of the memorial service, with its unexpected speaker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815603283
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	10/28/1995
Series:	Library of Modern Jewish Literature
Edition description:	1st Syracuse University Press ed
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.22(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Johanna Kaplan's previous book, her collection of stories, Other People's Lives, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1976 and won that year's Jewish Book Award. She has also received the Edward Lewis Wallant Book Award. Her short stories have appeared in Commentary and Harper's magazine.

Editorial Reviews

The author, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, writes of the American children of immigrant Jews. In this acclaimed fictional effort she brings intelligence and sitiric virtuosity to an often overworked fictional subject.

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