Our Jerusalem
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The works of Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow and Herman Melville are filled with US-Jerusalem comparisons. Bellow's epic poem 'Clarel' is devoted to the theme. Modern apocalyptic writing mostly centers on the role of America in a final Middle East confrontation in Jerusalem.
Publication Name: The New York Times Book Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-7806
Year: 1996
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Lost and found: remembering Henry Roth
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Author Henry Roth died in Oct 1995, and is best known for his 1934 book 'Call It Sleep' and the years of writer's block that affected his career, but helped him discover more about himself. He completed a second novel comprised of six volumes 'Mercy of a Rude Stream' before his death.
Publication Name: The New York Times Book Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-7806
Year: 1995
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Why I am for the birds
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Bird watching field guides, such as those written by R.T. Peterson, are the perfect mediators between nature and man's urge to bring order to nature's creation. Bird guides in the lives of famous authors, such as Elizabeth Bishop, Isaac Babel, and Harold Brodkey are also analyzed.
Publication Name: The New York Times Book Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-7806
Year: 1997
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