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Feeling Jewish: (A Book for Just About Anyone) by Devorah Baum
44.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
In this sparkling debut, a young critic offers an original, passionate, and erudite account of what it means to feel Jewish-even when you're not. Self-hatred. Guilt. Resentment. Paranoia. Hysteria. Overbearing Mother-Love. In this witty, insightful, and poignant book, Devorah Baum delves into fiction, f ...Show more
On Marriage by Devorah Baum
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker "As far back as our history books go, we have no record of a time preceding marriage. Isn't that an extraordinary fact?" So writes Devorah Baum in this searching and revelatory book. ...Show more
The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples) by Devorah Baum
22.99 AUD
Category: Humour
'This book is funny, clever and, at times, heartbreaking. In other words, Jewish' David Baddiel'[Baum is] intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny' Zadie Smith'Hilarious and thought-provoking' David SchneiderThe Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, ...Show more
The Jewish Joke: An essay with examples (less essay, more examples) by Devorah Baum
22.99 AUD
Category: Humour
The Jewish joke is as old as Abraham, and like the Jews themselves it has wandered over the world, learned countless new languages, worked with a range of different materials, been performed in front of some pretty hostile crowds, but still retained its own distinctive identity. So what is it that anima ...Show more
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