David Herman

David Herman is the JC’s chief fiction reviewer

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Books

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Literary memoir by one of the great Anglo-Jewish writers, whose best work focused on working-class life in London

1 min read

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Book review: Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth - A doomed, drunk wandering genius

2 min read

Book review: The English GI - A soldier’s graphic story

1 min read

Book review: Clouds over Paris - the banal life of an occupier

1 min read

Did The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas need a sequel?

Critics attacked John Boyne's 2006 novel for obscuring the historical reality of the Holocaust. Now he's back with a follow-up

2 min read

September 15, 2022 13:59

Did The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas need a sequel?

Book review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian master

A gripping chronicle of Soviet life in wartime and an indispensable companion piece to the author's other works

2 min read

September 13, 2022 09:40

Book review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian master

Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justice

A dark and disgusting story of how Germans, Catholics and Americans helped countless Nazis find refuge during the Cold War, including some of the most infamous figures from the Holocaust

1 min read

September 1, 2022 09:31

Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justice

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

The latest in author's Sephardic Cycle begins begins by portraying the relationship between a Jewish-American artist and his father, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw

1 min read

August 5, 2022 14:48

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

Book review: The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua - Italian swansong of an Israeli Master

The final book by one of the last of that great generation of Israeli writers born in the 1930s is a wonderful farewell from a great literary master

2 min read

July 8, 2022 09:23

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The Sidekick book review: Winners and losers in sport and life

The Sidekick has the melancholic and sour feel of Biden’s America and proves why Benjamin Markovits is one of the best American writers of his generation

2 min read

June 30, 2022 12:51

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Last of his generation: a tribute to A B Yehoshua

David Herman pays tribute to the acclaimed author's beautifully observed tales of Israel and Israelis

4 min read

June 16, 2022 06:00

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Franz Kafka: the drawings book review: A milestone in Kafka studies

A magnificent collection of the writer’s sketches gathered together for the first time

2 min read

May 26, 2022 15:08

Obituary: Michel Jules Strauss

Refugee from occupied France who headed the Impressionism and modern Art department at Sotheby's

4 min read

March 18, 2022 00:00

Wingate Winner Nicole Krauss opens up about the stories that stunned the judges

3,000 years of Jewish history forms the background to the American author's work

3 min read

February 17, 2022 14:12

Wingate Winner Nicole Krauss opens up about the stories that stunned the judges

I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

In 40 years, David Herman has reviewed the cream of Jewish literature. To mark his 250th review, he's picked out his favourite reads

6 min read

January 20, 2022 09:51

I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

Obituary: Stephen Sondheim

Composer-lyricist who “broke new ground, new sky, new water, new flesh and new spirit”

4 min read

January 7, 2022 00:00

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David Herman

Latest from David Herman

Book review - Chapters of Accidents: A Writer’s Memoir - Evocative portrait of a long-gone era

Book review: Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth - A doomed, drunk wandering genius

Book review: The English GI - A soldier’s graphic story

Book review: Clouds over Paris - the banal life of an occupier

More from David Herman

Did The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas need a sequel?

Book review: The People Immortal - A final war novel from a Russian master

Book review: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - The monster who hid from justice

Book review: The Incandescent Threads - Mystic hokum or a popular classic?

Book review: The Only Daughter by A.B. Yehoshua - Italian swansong of an Israeli Master

The Sidekick book review: Winners and losers in sport and life

Last of his generation: a tribute to A B Yehoshua

Franz Kafka: the drawings book review: A milestone in Kafka studies

Obituary: Michel Jules Strauss

Wingate Winner Nicole Krauss opens up about the stories that stunned the judges

I read 250 books for the JC - these are the best

Obituary: Stephen Sondheim