{"product_id":"a-literary-journey-to-jewish-stephen-b-shepard-9780989213387","title":"A Literary Journey to Jewish Identity: Re-Reading Bellow, Roth, Malamud, Ozick, and Other Great Jewish Writers","description":"Born and raised Jewish, Stephen B. Shepard ceased to be observant by the time he entered college. He simply retreated into his own private diaspora: a Jew in name only, a non-religious member of the tribe, linked only tenuously to the heritage, culture, and social values of Judaism. Yet he was aware that there was a flowering of Jewish writing in post-war America: and that many of the authors he was reading were Jewish. What, he wondered, did it mean to be a Jewish-American writer? Was there such a thing as a Jewish novel? Why did he care so much about these books? In this literary memoir, Shepard explores his encounters with a few writers who influenced his sense of Jewish identity: and his ultimate return to the fold. He describes the anti-Semitism directed at Saul Bellow; details the literary feud between Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud; muses about the \"Jewish\" John Updike; and contemplates anew the horror of the Holocaust in the work of Cynthia Ozick. Shepard writes as an enthusiastic reader, a fan watching his team play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen B. Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0989213382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780989213387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bayberry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"Stephen B. Shepard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927111500031,"sku":"9780989213387","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d0382ebd-2f94-49cc-aa1d-a78a3274bd52.jpg?v=1681086899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-literary-journey-to-jewish-stephen-b-shepard-9780989213387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}