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Joshua Cohen (1) (1980–)

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Joshua Cohen is the author of Book of Numbers which has been shortlisted for the 2015 Bad S-x in Fiction Award. (Bowker Author Biography)

Werken van Joshua Cohen

De Netanyahu's (2021) 530 exemplaren
Book of Numbers (2015) 340 exemplaren
Witz (2010) 141 exemplaren
Moving Kings (2017) 125 exemplaren
Four New Messages (2012) 86 exemplaren
A Heaven of Others (2007) 33 exemplaren
The Quorum (2005) 21 exemplaren
Attention!: A (Short) History (1900) 13 exemplaren
Two Tribal Stories 1 exemplaar

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literary and discursive, but somehow good. Cohen based this novel on a real life incident that Harold Bloom had told him about, when The Netanyahu's (the parents, siblings and a young Benjamin Netanyahu) visited Cornell, where Bloom was teaching. In this novelized version of the event, Reuben Blum is a professor of economic history, and the Netanyahu visit lays waste to his professional and family life.

It's funny at times, with lots of discussion about anti-semitism, history, Jewish identity in the US and Israel.… (meer)
 
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banjo123 | 20 andere besprekingen | Feb 25, 2024 |
I have to admit that this is a pretty funny story and that the real Netanyahus (Netan-Yahoos!) must be a pretty unusual family.
 
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MylesKesten | 20 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |
Although the writing is brilliant, the shifting focus from one character to another just didn't come together and as the book progressed, I enjoyed it less and less.
 
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