What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank, (Paperback)

from fist

We are all Jews. Englander's stories are set in a Jewish world, with protagonists as diverse as settlers on the West Bank, secular couples in Florida or old World survivors in Israel. Yet, as rooted as they are in this particular world with its own customs and language, their ethical dilemmas are...

from gwendolyndawson

Nathan Englander writes about families with insight and great sensitivity. He digs behind the surface dialog to reveal what is hiding beneath. In the title story-"What We Talk about When We Talk about Anne Frank"-a wife asks her husband if he would save her in the Holocaust, if he would risk his ...

from TheAmpersand

A very recommendable book whose stories take the Jewish experience as their main theme. The author writes fluidly and with a light touch, even dealing with enormously sad subjects, and there's a touch of sensuality to his writing, too, whether he's discussing women, as in "Peep Show" or produce, ...

from kisigler

Though the styles of the stories jumped around - some realism, some surrealism, some allegory - they all dealt with cultural, spiritual and political aspects of Judaism. As someone who is Jewish and has traveled in Israel, I found the stories very interesting and relatable. I would be curious to ...

from msf59

This is a collection of eight stories, with the Jewish experience being a major theme in nearly every tale. There are two couples having a cultural and religious showdown, a man trapped in a "peep show", an aging author, making the rounds to various book signings, where no one attends, a group of...