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Tag Archives: Aharon Appelfeld

Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Aharon Appelfeld and Nicole Krauss

Posted on May 7, 2010 by jewishbooks | 1 comment

More than a generation separates novelist Nicole Krauss, 36, from Aharon Appelfeld, who was born in 1932. Continue reading here.

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Tagged Aharon Appelfeld, Great House, History of Love, Jewish Books, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Nicole Krauss

NYTimes Hearts Blooms of Darkness

Posted on March 19, 2010 by jewishbooks | Leave a comment

Posted by Naomi Firestone
A great review of Aharon Appelfeld’s newest book…continue reading here.

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Tagged Aharon Appelfeld, Blooms of Darkness, Jewish Books

Spring Books in the Forward

Posted on March 16, 2010 by jewishbooks | Leave a comment

Posted by Naomi Firestone

Our wonderful friends over at the Forward are so good at keeping us up-to-date on their literary treasures…continue reading here.

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Tagged Aharon Appelfeld, Amy Klein, Blooms of Darkness, Forward, Jewish Books, Judith Shulevitz, Mark Cohen, Matt Beynon Rees, Milton Steinberg, Missing a Beat: The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim, The fourth assassin: An Omar Yussef Mystery, The Prophet’s Wife, The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

Looking ahead…

Posted on January 30, 2009 by jewishbooks | Leave a comment

Posted by Naomi Firestone
Happy Friday! As we work our way through another wintery week, we thought we’d cheer you up with goodies to look forward to this Spring…continue reading here.

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Tagged A Fortunate Age, Aharon Appelfeld, All Other Nights, American Jewish Fiction: A JPS Guide, Amos Oz, Amos Oz Reader, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Dara Horn, David Plotz, Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman, Good Book, Howard Jacobson, Jewish Book World, Jewish Books, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices: Power, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Jonathan Littell, Josh Lambert, Laish, Rhyming Life & Death, The Act of Love, The Believers, The Kindly Ones, The Murmuring Deep, The Scenic Route, Zoe Heller

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