Operation Shylock: A Confession
A Moses in reverse and a man whose self-appointed task is to lead the Jews out of Israel and back to Europe is at the center of this meditation on identity. 125,000 first printing. $125,000 ad/promo. Tour.
A Moses in reverse and a man whose self-appointed task is to lead the Jews out of Israel and back to Europe is at the center of this meditation on identity. 125,000 first printing. $125,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780671703769 (0671703765)
Publish date: January 1st 1993
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 398
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Jewish,
Contemporary,
Modern,
United States,
Israel
On the surface it is an international spy story set in Jerusalem (mostly). In fact it ponders identity, dissimulation, Zionism, Anti-Semitism, what it is to be a good Jew. Lots of fun, but lots to think about as well. I wrote more about it (before I finished it, but still) on my blog at http://beths...
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