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S'està carregant… Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate (2015)de Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This is an engrossing novel about a son of Holocaust survivors who feels bound to honor his mother's demand that he singlehandedly keep the religion alive by marrying a Jewish woman. When young Zach Levy discovers an old photo album in his childhood Bronx apartment, showing his mother with a baby boy in Poland, he demands answers from his father, being unable to extract much of anything from his mother, who herself cannot recover from losing her first son to give any affection to her second. Zach becomes an ACLU attorney , marries, and has a daughter, but when his wife abruptly leaves him for an Australian woman, taking their daughter, he is devastated but still resolved to fill his mother’s dying request by remarrying and having more children. Zach meets and falls in love with Cleo Scott, a Black radio talk show host who is perfect for him, except for the fact that she is a minister's daughter. This doesn’t present a problem since neither seem inclined to formalize the relationship, until Cleo becomes pregnant and will not have an abortion, convert, nor agree to raise a Jewish child with him. At her refusal, Zach breaks off their relationship (leaving the reader to scream "YOU IDIOT") and hard-heartedly makes Cleo sign a legal agreement that leaves him responsible only for some financial support for their child. Still feeling the need to propagate, he dates a Jewish performance artist who intrigues him until their differences become overwhelming. Three years later, all the while still yearning for Cleo, she calls him with a surprise proposition. The ending is satisfying without being all rainbows and bar mitzvahs. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"Feminist icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin's second novel follows Zach Levy, the left-leaning son of Holocaust survivors who promises his mother that he'll marry within the tribe. But when Zach falls for Cleo, an African American activist grappling with her own inherited trauma, he must reconcile the family he loves with the woman who might be his soul mate. A New York love story complicated by the legacies and modern tension of Jewish American and African American history, Single Jewish Male Seeking explores what happens when the heart runs into the reality of politics, history, and the weight of family promises"--Provided by publisher. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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But... while definitely NOT a superficial read, I found that only a few characters had the relevant definition and depth I respect; most were symbolic and one dimensional.
I also had some difficulty comprehending why an independent, humanistic, thoughtful and intelligent lawyer, the son of survivors, needed to go on a quest searching for the 'answer' to his dilemma. It was crystal clear what choice he would make but seems he was the last to know.
Very good read.