{"product_id":"the-varieties-of-jewish-experience-larry-lefkowitz-9781959984054","title":"The Varieties of Jewish Experience","description":"Allen Ginsberg, while in the New York State Psychiatric Institute, met Carl Solomon. Their first exchange: Solomon: \"Who are you?\" Ginsberg: \"I'm Myshkin.\" Solomon: \"I'm Kirilov.\" From that moment their friendship started. Myshkin is the idiot in Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot\" (he ends his life in a Swiss asylum) while Kirilov is one of the possessed characters in Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed\". Sometimes diverse cultures meet. The heroic samurai Benkei, according to Japanese legend, killed a giant carp which had swallowed his mother when she fell into a waterfall. It is not recorded if Benkei lost his taste for gefilte fish or sushi. The Japanese legendary monster, the \u003cem\u003eNu, \u003c\/em\u003e was slain by a samurai no less brave than Benkei. Benkei, disappointedly, is apparently not Japanese affectionate for Benjamin. A Yiddish version would have substituted \"mother-in-law\" for \"mother\" and worked in the Yiddish for \"Adam was fortunate - he didn't have a mother-in-law.\"The ultimate \"Nu?\" Gertrude Stein, dying, asked \"What is the question?\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Lefkowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1959984055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959984054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fomite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Larry Lefkowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131375841535,"sku":"9781959984054","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d25a082-6957-4820-8438-46c2abd91b32.jpg?v=1687474266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-varieties-of-jewish-experience-larry-lefkowitz-9781959984054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}