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Michael Finocchiaro's Reviews > The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
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bookshelves: pulitzer-hopefuls-2022, american-21st-c, fiction, jewish-american, novels, pulitzer-fiction, pulitzer-winning-fiction
Apr 10, 2022
bookshelves: pulitzer-hopefuls-2022, american-21st-c, fiction, jewish-american, novels, pulitzer-fiction, pulitzer-winning-fiction
UPDATED! Pulitzer Winner for 2022!!
This was a really interesting read. It takes a while to realize that he really is talking about Netanyahu's father and the former Israeli president as a kid, apparently based on a true story. It is written in a subtle Philip Roth-like self-deprecating tone. We are inside this Jewish family in 1959 and experience the endemic anti-Semitism faced by our protagonist, the only Hebrew professor at a celebrated university - their token Jew of sorts. The denouement is hilarious and the afterward helpful to add perspective to the entire book. Highly recommended.
This book just won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize! What a surprise! I have not heard of either of the runners-up, Monkey Boy or Palmeras. I would note that Cohen is only the 5th Jewish person to win, the others being Michael Chabon (2001) and the holy trinity of Roth, Bellow, and Malamud. Sadly no Latina or Jewish woman has still ever won…
My list of Pulitzer hopefuls here! Come today and vote on your favorite!
This was a really interesting read. It takes a while to realize that he really is talking about Netanyahu's father and the former Israeli president as a kid, apparently based on a true story. It is written in a subtle Philip Roth-like self-deprecating tone. We are inside this Jewish family in 1959 and experience the endemic anti-Semitism faced by our protagonist, the only Hebrew professor at a celebrated university - their token Jew of sorts. The denouement is hilarious and the afterward helpful to add perspective to the entire book. Highly recommended.
This book just won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize! What a surprise! I have not heard of either of the runners-up, Monkey Boy or Palmeras. I would note that Cohen is only the 5th Jewish person to win, the others being Michael Chabon (2001) and the holy trinity of Roth, Bellow, and Malamud. Sadly no Latina or Jewish woman has still ever won…
My list of Pulitzer hopefuls here! Come today and vote on your favorite!
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March 18, 2022
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Jul 31, 2022 11:49AM
Thank you. I started this last night & today was going to check Wikipedia, It sort of rang true for the former president. but the dates were off. I was wondering if Cohen was being creative with time... you've solved it - its the Dad!
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@louise yeah, that got me too until we finally saw which Netanyahu we were talking about!
