What Israel Can Achieve in Gaza, the Fate of the Hostages, and Planning for the Day After
Bad options and options that are much worse.
February 27, 2024
“What kind of living?—a living; you lived.”
Next month, the Library of America will publish the third and final volume of the collected works of the Brooklyn-born Jewish author Bernard Malamud (1914–1986). Vivian Gornick considers Malamud’s oeuvre, and compares it to that of the two figures whose names are often uttered in the same breath as his: Saul Bellow and Philip Roth.
Bad options and options that are much worse.
The fate of the dhimmi.
The rabbi, the student, and the professor.
“What kind of living?—a living; you lived.”
Beyond Dagon.
Next month, the Library of America will publish the third and final volume of the collected works of the Brooklyn-born Jewish author Bernard Malamud (1914–1986). Vivian Gornick considers Malamud’s oeuvre, and compares it to that of the two figures whose names are often uttered in the same breath as his: Saul Bellow and Philip Roth.
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