New York Jew is the 1978 memoir by New York intellectual, writer and literary critic, Alfred Kazin. It is a sequel to his previous volumes of memoirs; A Walker in the City (1951) and Starting Out in the Thirties (1965).[1] Although not religiously observant, he writes in the memoir: "the Jews are my unconscious."[2] Kazin had previously published a column in The New York Review of Books in 1972, with the same title as the memoir.[3]
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| Author | Alfred Kazin |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 12 April, 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 207 |
| ISBN | 978-0394495675 |
Reception
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It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (Contemporary Thought) in 1979.[4]
The memoir was praised by Mordecai Richler in The New York Times: "It's a front-line dispatch from an intelligent if somewhat bruised survivor of literary and marital wars, charged with appetite and high purpose, but not above administering an accurate little jab as often as a passing salute."[5]
In December 1978 it was included in The New York Times' "selection of the best books of 1978."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b A selection of the best books of 1978 The New York Times. 3 December 1978
- ^ Alfred Kazin's Last Steps Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 16 June 1998
- ^ New York Jew The New York Review of Books. 14 December 1972]
- ^ New York Jew National Book Foundation. Retrieved on 5 February 2024
- ^ Literary Ids and Egos The New York Times. 7 May 1978