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On the Jewish Novel
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When Deborah Friedell and Adam Thirlwell met twenty years ago, they started a discussion about Jewish identity they are still puzzling over today. Revisiting Philip Roth’s The Counterlife (1986), an American take on British antisemitism and the escapist allure of aliyah, Adam and Deborah discuss the nuances of Jewish experience and novel-writing across the Atlantic.
Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/jewishnovelpod
Watch Judith Butler’s 2011 Winter Lecture: ‘Who owns Kafka?’
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363 episodes
Manage episode 403605066 series 1347853
When Deborah Friedell and Adam Thirlwell met twenty years ago, they started a discussion about Jewish identity they are still puzzling over today. Revisiting Philip Roth’s The Counterlife (1986), an American take on British antisemitism and the escapist allure of aliyah, Adam and Deborah discuss the nuances of Jewish experience and novel-writing across the Atlantic.
Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/jewishnovelpod
Watch Judith Butler’s 2011 Winter Lecture: ‘Who owns Kafka?’
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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