Contemporary Jewish Writing in Britain and Ireland

Contemporary Jewish Writing in Britain and Ireland Synopsis

The 1st collection of British and Irish Jewish writing for over 2 decades. This anthology includes the writings of : Anita Brookner, Elaine Finestein, Eva Figes, Dan Jacobsen, Gabriel Josopovici, Harold Pinter, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Bernice Rubens, Clive Sinclair and George Steiner. The multiple voice of contemporary , British and Irish Jewish fiction is given full expression in this unique anthology. It explores htherto unfamiliar Jewishness of certain household names as well as a formidable array of native Jewish writers,emigres and exiles, and feminist and post-modernist voices, all of whom have brought great imagination and understanding to the Jewish experience in Britain and Ireland.