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Howard Jacobson (1) (1942–)

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24+ opere 5,873 membri 314 recensioni 7 preferito

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Howard Jacobson was born on August 25, 1942 in Manchester, England. He is a Man Booker Prize-winning British author and journalist. He studied English at Downing College, Cambridge under F. R. Leavis. He lectured for three years at the University of Sydney before returning to England to teach at mostra altro Selwyn College, Cambridge. His later teaching posts included a period at Wolverhampton Polytechnic from 1974 to 1980. His time at Wolverhampton was to form the basis of his first novel, Coming from Behind, a campus comedy about a failing polytechnic that plans to merge facilities with a local football club. He also wrote a travel book in 1987, titled In the Land of Oz, which was researched during his time as a visiting academic in Sydney. His fiction, particularly in the six novels he has published since 1998, is characterised chiefly by a discursive and humorous style. His 1999 novel The Mighty Walzer, about a teenage table tennis champion, won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing. In October 2010 Jacobson won the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Finkler Question, which was the first comic novel to win the prize since Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils in 1986. In 2013 he made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title Whole Rethinking the Science of Nutrition which he co-authored with T. Colin Campbell. He will be at the Oz, New Zealand festival of literature and arts program in 2015 in London. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Opere di Howard Jacobson

L'enigma di Finkler (2010) 2,670 copie
J (2014) 543 copie
Shylock Is My Name (2016) 500 copie
Kalooki nights (1999) 406 copie
The Mighty Walzer (2000) 223 copie
Zoo Time (2012) 181 copie
Un amore perfetto (2008) 140 copie
The Making of Henry (2004) 132 copie
Coming from Behind (1983) 131 copie
In the Land of Oz (1987) 119 copie
Peeping Tom (1984) 105 copie
Su con la vita (2019) 104 copie
No More Mr. Nice Guy (1999) 87 copie

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Granta 70: Australia - The New New World (2000) — Collaboratore — 167 copie
Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame (2012) — Collaboratore — 54 copie

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2014 Booker Prize longlist: J in Booker Prize (Ottobre 2014)

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A very intellectual and elegant re-imagining Merchant of Venice. In this version, the events we know from the play have occurred and Shylock finds himself in the home of a non-religious Jew Strukowotsky (or something like that, I forget how to spell it). Shylock is more or less a household name. However, events extremely like those of Shakespeare's play happen in this version and Shylock gets to comment on the why and how his story unfolded like it did, plus he gets to advise on how he might do it differently if he was faced with the situation again. There are lots of "line dropping" (lines from the play inserted into the novel) sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. The parallel characters all have similar names, so that makes the parallels easy. Plus, if you're Jewish, you'll probably get more out of the discussions about what it means to be a Jew or not, traditions or religions, than I did. I suspect this book is more intelligent than I could discern (mainly for the Judaism discussions), and it uses big words. The writing style is also a bit different, though I couldn't put my fingers on it. I really like this one, but its audience is definitely Shakespeare-lovers.… (altro)
 
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LDVoorberg | 81 altre recensioni | Dec 24, 2023 |
A fairly simple premise: 3 friends- 2 Jewish, 1 gentile. 2 recently widowed, one never married. The gentile wants to be a Jew, one of the Jews is an antisemite. This is discussed, sometimes to an agonizing length, for 300 pages. Much of the writing and the deep intelligence presented here are very admirable, which is why it probably won the Booker Prize, but the never-ending angst and handwringing began to wear me down about halfway through and didn’t let up. That said, I am glad I finally read it and it can finally free up space on my shelf.… (altro)
 
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msf59 | 136 altre recensioni | Aug 26, 2023 |
Very smart. Very, very smart. Just like the Jews.

OK, so that comment only makes sense after you've read the book, but it's funny and worth reading (the book, not the comment).
 
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robfwalter | 136 altre recensioni | Jul 31, 2023 |
This is a sharp and clever exploration of identity, love and family. The humour fades as the book goes on, but books that are funny throughout are very rare, so that can be forgiven.

The vibrant, crisp prose and the hilarious characterisation are the two best features of the book. It's not as good as The Finkler Question, but it's a great read in a similar vein.
 
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robfwalter | 7 altre recensioni | Jul 31, 2023 |

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24
Opere correlate
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Utenti
5,873
Popolarità
#4,205
Voto
3.1
Recensioni
314
ISBN
331
Lingue
16
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