David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer
The extraordinary lives of these ordinary people are utterly fascinating
I was bowled over by this rediscovered work of master novelist Antal Szerb
The republishing of Alexander Baron’s books is a reminder of just how outstanding his fiction is
In which I admire a literary critic and psychoanalyst’s work
A hundred years after his death, a new exhibition looks at the man behind the legend, bringing us closer to the literary icon than ever before
Our writer pays tribute to Paul Auster who died this week
This book is a deeply moving account of a devastating attack and its consequences, but it is also guilty of sins of omission
The defiance of a Jewish artist and poet in hiding in wartime Holland is explored in a deeply moving new exhibition in the German capital
This is an extraordinary collection of essays about some extraordinary emigré artists and writers
David Herman finds much of interest in two timely essay collections about antisemitism — but why is there so little emphasis on Iran or immigration?
David Herman relishes the comic energy of Jacobson’s new novel
David Herman pays homage to an unforgettable Holocaust memoir
David Herman applauds a memoir that examines the life of Amos Oz
British poet and novelist inspired by London’s immigrant life
Poet Itzik Manger creates in prose a biblical fantasia, full of references to King David, Solomon and the Psalms
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