by Bernard Malamud, Jonathan Safran Foer
Yakov Bok is non-religious and apolitical. He simply wants a better life. He is slightly bitter that life gives him lemons but no sugar to make lemonade but that does not keep him from trying to improve. He reads Spinoza to educate himself and moves to Kiev to start a better life. He is a repairman ...
THE FIXERSummer 2012TBR Busting 2012paperone pennypub 1966historical fictionRussia> Kiev> Jews> anti-semiticism> protocols of zionAfter Japanese/Russian war and leading up to Revolution Pulitzer prize for fictionMessianic symbolismOpening: From the small crossed window of his room above the stable i...
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