{"product_id":"words-for-the-universe-ed-bonner-9798282208450","title":"Words for the Universe: A Century of Jewish Writers","description":"Ed Bonner has assembled a collection of stories about eminent Jewish writers and poets worthy of the title 'People of the Book'. Thirteen Jewish writers have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, others receiving awards including the Booker and Pulitzer. They have covered diverse fields such as magical realism, satirical humour, historical drama, modern fiction and the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003eCritic James Wood has nominated \u003cb\u003eSaul\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBellow\u003c\/b\u003e as 'The greatest of American prose stylists in the 20th century, prose written as well as verse - exquisite without being precious'. \u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka \u003c\/b\u003ewas\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ethe greatest proponent of magic realism and one of the most influential if least prolific of writers. Israel's \u003cb\u003eMeir Shalev\u003c\/b\u003e has been compared to Mark Twain for the arch humour lacing his novels. \u003cb\u003ePhilip Roth, \u003c\/b\u003e famous for novels like American Pastoral and Portnoy's Complaint, explored Jewish-American life with a blackly comic lens, as did \u003cb\u003eHoward Jacobson\u003c\/b\u003e in Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsaac Asimov\u003c\/b\u003e was a prolific and masterful science fiction writer, and \u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e became the arch-priestess of capitalism. \u003cb\u003eIsaac Bashevis Singer \u003c\/b\u003ewrote in both Yiddish and English, his works delving into Jewish folklore and tradition. \u003cb\u003eLeon Uris, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of the hugely influential novel Exodus, explored the history and struggles in the creation of the state of Israel. \u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Nobel-winning South African author who explored themes of racism and apartheid; \u003cb\u003ePrimo Levi \u003c\/b\u003ewas\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ean Italian survivor and dispassionate recorder of his imprisonment in Auschwitz.\u003cbr\u003eAll wrote with skill, clarity and humour borne from centuries of oppression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Bonner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798282208450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Ed Bonner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800853655807,"sku":"9798282208450","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/words-for-the-universe-ed-bonner-9798282208450","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}