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Interview with critically acclaimed author, alan kaufman. He struggles to comprehend what it means to be jewish. Alan kaufman, the bronxborn son of a french jewish holocaust survivor and a recovering alcoholic with 23 years of sobriety, is author of the critically acclaimed memoirs jew boy and drunken angel and a novel, matches, based upon his experiences as a former israeli combat soldier. The book that was so damaging it was banned by lulu self publishing. Alan kaufman is an americana dutiful bad jew who left the relative comforts of new york city to join the israeli defense force. Drunken angel book by alan kaufman official publisher. Read download i love you but i dont trust you pdf pdf download. Jews, american poets, children of holocaust survivors, biography. Jew boy alan kaufman im interested in jewish life in america. Jew boy by alan kaufman, september 2000, fromm intl edition, hardcover in english. Oct 28, 2016 theres a good quip about the jewish people. David mamet has called matches an extraordinary war novel, and dave eggers has written that there is more passion here then you see in twenty other books combined. Alan kaufman is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir jew boy, the novel matches, and a book of poetry, who are we.
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The outlaw bible of american poetry by alan kaufman alan kaufman s books include the novel matches and the memoirs jew boy and drunken angel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Alan kaufman, the bronxborn son of a frenchjewish holocaust survivor and a recovering alcoholic with 23 years of sobriety, is author of the critically acclaimed memoirs jew boy and drunken angel and a novel, matches, based upon his experiences as a former israeli combat soldier. Alan kaufman has been compared to jack kerouac, henry. Kaufman s tone is made clear at the outset, when he immediately plunges into his early recollections of being beaten mercilessly with a wire coat hanger by his mother. Alan kaufman s matches was published by little, brown and company in the fall of 2005, and was published in the united kingdom by constable and robinson the following year his memoir jew boy was published by fromm international farrar, straus, and giroux and foxrock books, imprint of grove press publisher and founder barney rosset. Jew boy by alan kaufman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This is a different kind of reading than we do in other spheres of our lives. Jew boy is alan kaufman s riveting memoir of being raised by a jewish mother who s. Kaufman s criticallyacclaimed memoir, jew boy frommfarrar,strauss, giroux, has appeared in three editions, hardcover and paperback, in the united states and great britain. This pioneering masterpiece, the very first memoir of its kind by a member of the. Ascent goran rosenberg the right nose doron rabinovici jew boy. American jews see israelis as the other opinion israel.
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