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螣 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼
韦慰 蟺位苇慰谓 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈 魏伪喂 尾蟻伪尾蔚蠀渭苇谓慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀 螠蟺苇蟻谓伪蟻谓蟿 螠维位伪渭慰蠀谓蟿, 蟿慰 伪未喂伪蠁喂位慰谓委魏畏蟿慰 伪蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠉蟻纬畏渭维 蟿慰蠀, 蔚魏未委未蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁慰蟻维 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪.
螣 螠维蟽蟿慰蚁伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 苇位魏蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎 蟺伪蟻维未慰蟽畏, 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 纬蟻伪蟺蟿维 蟿慰蠀 螜蟽伪维魏 螠蟺维渭蟺蔚位. 螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟿蟽伪蟻喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻委慰未慰 魏伪喂 蔚魏蟿蠀位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 螝委蔚尾慰 蟿蠅谓 伪蟻蠂蠋谓 蟿慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻伪蟽渭苇谓慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟿畏谓 伪纬蠅谓委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪位伪谓委味蔚喂 苇谓伪谓 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 伪委蠁谓畏蟼 伪蟺慰尉蔚谓蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿蠈蠂慰蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪未喂伪谓蠈畏蟿慰蠀 渭委蟽慰蠀蟼, 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂魏苇蟼 蟺蟻慰魏伪蟿伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 伪蟻魏慰蠉谓蟿蠅蟼 慰尉蠀渭苇谓蔚蟼.
螣 螕喂伪魏蠈尾 螠蟺慰魏, 苇谓伪蟼 螘尾蟻伪委慰蟼 蟺慰位蠀蟿蔚蠂谓委蟿畏蟼, 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 尾维谓伪蠀蟽慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蔚谓蠈蟼 未蠅未蔚魏维蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 伪纬慰蟻喂慰蠉 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎蟼 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎蟼. 螆蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 蔚纬魏伪蟿伪位蔚委蠄蔚喂 蟿慰 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蟻蠉蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏谓 蔚尾蟻伪蠆魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未慰蠀位蔚蠉蔚喂 鈥撐毕€蠈 苇谓伪 魏伪蟺蟻委蟿蟽喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿蠉蠂畏蟼鈥� 蟽蟿慰 蟺位喂谓胃慰蟺慰喂蔚委慰 蔚谓蠈蟼 渭苇位慰蠀蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟽畏渭喂蟿喂魏萎蟼 慰蟻纬维谓蠅蟽畏蟼 螠伪蠉蟻蔚蟼 螘魏伪蟿慰谓蟿伪蟻蠂委蔚蟼. 螌蟿伪谓 蟿慰 伪纬蠈蟻喂 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚蟿伪喂 谓蔚魏蟻蠈 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蟺畏位喂维, 苇蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠂维蟽蔚喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰 伪委渭伪 蟿慰蠀, 慰喂 螘尾蟻伪委慰喂 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏蠈 蠁蠈谓慰.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟽蠀位位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蠁蠀位伪魏委味蔚蟿伪喂, 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪蟻谓蔚委蟿伪喂 谓伪 慰渭慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪 苇纬魏位畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 未喂伪蟺蟻维尉蔚喂. 螒纬蠅谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰未蔚委尉蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪胃蠅蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀. 螒蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委, 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维, 蟿畏 未喂伪蠂蟻慰谓喂魏萎 蔚谓蟽维蟻魏蠅蟽畏 蠈蟽蠅谓 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟿蠀蠁位萎 未喂魏伪喂慰蟽蠉谓畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 伪渭伪胃萎 蠈蠂位慰.
螣 螠维蟽蟿慰蚁伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 苇位魏蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎 蟺伪蟻维未慰蟽畏, 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 纬蟻伪蟺蟿维 蟿慰蠀 螜蟽伪维魏 螠蟺维渭蟺蔚位. 螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟿蟽伪蟻喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻委慰未慰 魏伪喂 蔚魏蟿蠀位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 螝委蔚尾慰 蟿蠅谓 伪蟻蠂蠋谓 蟿慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻伪蟽渭苇谓慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蟺伪蟻伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟿畏谓 伪纬蠅谓委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪位伪谓委味蔚喂 苇谓伪谓 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 慰 慰蟺慰委慰蟼 伪委蠁谓畏蟼 伪蟺慰尉蔚谓蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿蠈蠂慰蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪未喂伪谓蠈畏蟿慰蠀 渭委蟽慰蠀蟼, 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 魏慰喂谓蠅谓喂魏苇蟼 蟺蟻慰魏伪蟿伪位萎蠄蔚喂蟼 伪蟻魏慰蠉谓蟿蠅蟼 慰尉蠀渭苇谓蔚蟼.
螣 螕喂伪魏蠈尾 螠蟺慰魏, 苇谓伪蟼 螘尾蟻伪委慰蟼 蟺慰位蠀蟿蔚蠂谓委蟿畏蟼, 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 尾维谓伪蠀蟽慰 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蔚谓蠈蟼 未蠅未蔚魏维蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 伪纬慰蟻喂慰蠉 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎蟼 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎蟼. 螆蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 蔚纬魏伪蟿伪位蔚委蠄蔚喂 蟿慰 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蟻蠉蟺蟿慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏谓 蔚尾蟻伪蠆魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 未慰蠀位蔚蠉蔚喂 鈥撐毕€蠈 苇谓伪 魏伪蟺蟻委蟿蟽喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿蠉蠂畏蟼鈥� 蟽蟿慰 蟺位喂谓胃慰蟺慰喂蔚委慰 蔚谓蠈蟼 渭苇位慰蠀蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟽畏渭喂蟿喂魏萎蟼 慰蟻纬维谓蠅蟽畏蟼 螠伪蠉蟻蔚蟼 螘魏伪蟿慰谓蟿伪蟻蠂委蔚蟼. 螌蟿伪谓 蟿慰 伪纬蠈蟻喂 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚蟿伪喂 谓蔚魏蟻蠈 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蟺畏位喂维, 苇蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠂维蟽蔚喂 蠈位慰 蟿慰 伪委渭伪 蟿慰蠀, 慰喂 螘尾蟻伪委慰喂 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏蠈 蠁蠈谓慰.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟽蠀位位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 蠁蠀位伪魏委味蔚蟿伪喂, 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪蟻谓蔚委蟿伪喂 谓伪 慰渭慰位慰纬萎蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪 苇纬魏位畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 未喂伪蟺蟻维尉蔚喂. 螒纬蠅谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰未蔚委尉蔚喂 蟿畏谓 伪胃蠅蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀. 螒蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委, 慰蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维, 蟿畏 未喂伪蠂蟻慰谓喂魏萎 蔚谓蟽维蟻魏蠅蟽畏 蠈蟽蠅谓 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟿蠀蠁位萎 未喂魏伪喂慰蟽蠉谓畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 伪渭伪胃萎 蠈蠂位慰.
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First published January 1, 1966
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Bernard Malamud
143听books471听followersBernard Malamud was an American novelist and short story writer. Along with Saul Bellow, Joseph Heller, Norman Mailer and Philip Roth, he was one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford. His 1966 novel The Fixer (also filmed), about antisemitism in the Russian Empire, won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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Alan Bates 猫 Yakov Bok nel film omonimo di John Frankenheimer del 1968.
脠 forse il romanzo, o meglio, l鈥檕pera, ch茅 Malamud ha pubblicato anche alcune raccolte di racconti, di maggior successo: pubblicato nel 1966 gli fece ottenere il premio Pulitzer e il suo secondo National Book Award.
Yakov Bok non 猫 di Kiev: quando la moglie lo lascia per andare con un forestiero, decide di abbandonare lo shtetl dove 猫 sempre vissuto e trasferirsi in citt脿 per cercare una nuova vita.
All鈥檌nizio si offre come tuttofare, da cui presumo derivi il titolo originale, The Fixer.
Un giorno aiuta un anziano caduto nella neve che per ricompensarlo del gesto gentile gli offre il posto di sorvegliante nella sua fabbrica di mattoni.
A questo punto Yakov commette la sua unica colpa, anche se 猫 difficile considerarla tale: il nuovo datore di lavoro 猫 un feroce antisemita in un鈥檈poca facile ai pogrom, cos矛 per non perdere il lavoro Yakov d脿 false generalit脿 e si passa per 鈥榞entile鈥�.
Dirk Bogarde 猫 il magistrato Bibikov.
Da buon ebreo, sin dall鈥檌ncipit, capisce che se c鈥櫭� un guaio, in qualche modo lui ci finir脿 in mezzo:
Dalla finestrella della sua stanza sopra la scuderia della fabbrica di mattoni, quella mattina sul presto Yakov Bok vide diverse persone, nei loro cappotti lunghi, che correvano tutte nella stessa direzione. 鈥淰ey is mir鈥�, pens貌 a disagio, 猫 successo qualcosa di brutto.
Seguono trecento e rotte pagine di sfortune, sciagure, privazioni, vessazioni, torture: per pi霉 di due anni, e per trecento e rotte pagine, Yakov 猫 chiuso nella sua cella, imprigionato, con l鈥檜nica 鈥榚vasione鈥� di quel che riesce a vedere dalla finestrella.
Il Mersault di Camus rimane in carcere apatico, fino alla sentenza, rinunciando a qualsiasi difesa, o anche solo spiegazione: nonostante il giudice insista, e si capisce che si accontenterebbe di poco, probabilmente basterebbe un 鈥渕i spiace鈥�, in fondo la vittima 猫 鈥渟olo鈥� un arabo.
Invece Yakov Bok lotta fino alla fine per proclamare la sua innocenza e invocare giustizia: nonostante tutto gli sia contro, la volont脿 di condannarlo esplicita, ogni prova a suo discarico rifiutata, accolte invece le false prove e testimonianze che lo vorrebbero colpevole. Pur se perdente, pur se sconfitto, Yakov, novello Giobbe, diventa eroico nella sua difesa.
La storia 猫 ambientata nel 1911, nell鈥橴craina che faceva parte della Russia zarista.
脠 ispirata da un fatto vero, il che secondo me n茅 aggiunge n茅 modifica la notevole qualit脿 di questo romanzo: Mendel Beilis, che nel libro diventa Yakov Bok, venne imprigionato con l鈥檃ccusa d鈥檃ver ucciso un ragazzino per un rituale religioso. Inutile dire che era totalmente innocente, non aveva nulla a che fare con quanto successo. Mendel Beilis/Yakov era per貌 l鈥檜omo sbagliato nel posto sbagliato e nel momento sbagliato.
Per la 鈥榞iustizia鈥� zarista invece la situazione si rovesciava: Mendel Beilis/Yakov era il colpevole perfetto.
L鈥檜nica vera colpa di Yakov Bok 猫 quella d鈥檈ssere nato ebreo.
Un atto d鈥檃ccusa magistrale contro il razzismo, contro ogni razzismo.
Alan Bates 猫 Yakov Bok nel film omonimo di John Frankenheimer del 1968.
脠 forse il romanzo, o meglio, l鈥檕pera, ch茅 Malamud ha pubblicato anche alcune raccolte di racconti, di maggior successo: pubblicato nel 1966 gli fece ottenere il premio Pulitzer e il suo secondo National Book Award.
Yakov Bok non 猫 di Kiev: quando la moglie lo lascia per andare con un forestiero, decide di abbandonare lo shtetl dove 猫 sempre vissuto e trasferirsi in citt脿 per cercare una nuova vita.
All鈥檌nizio si offre come tuttofare, da cui presumo derivi il titolo originale, The Fixer.
Un giorno aiuta un anziano caduto nella neve che per ricompensarlo del gesto gentile gli offre il posto di sorvegliante nella sua fabbrica di mattoni.
A questo punto Yakov commette la sua unica colpa, anche se 猫 difficile considerarla tale: il nuovo datore di lavoro 猫 un feroce antisemita in un鈥檈poca facile ai pogrom, cos矛 per non perdere il lavoro Yakov d脿 false generalit脿 e si passa per 鈥榞entile鈥�.
Dirk Bogarde 猫 il magistrato Bibikov.
Da buon ebreo, sin dall鈥檌ncipit, capisce che se c鈥櫭� un guaio, in qualche modo lui ci finir脿 in mezzo:
Dalla finestrella della sua stanza sopra la scuderia della fabbrica di mattoni, quella mattina sul presto Yakov Bok vide diverse persone, nei loro cappotti lunghi, che correvano tutte nella stessa direzione. 鈥淰ey is mir鈥�, pens貌 a disagio, 猫 successo qualcosa di brutto.
Seguono trecento e rotte pagine di sfortune, sciagure, privazioni, vessazioni, torture: per pi霉 di due anni, e per trecento e rotte pagine, Yakov 猫 chiuso nella sua cella, imprigionato, con l鈥檜nica 鈥榚vasione鈥� di quel che riesce a vedere dalla finestrella.
Il Mersault di Camus rimane in carcere apatico, fino alla sentenza, rinunciando a qualsiasi difesa, o anche solo spiegazione: nonostante il giudice insista, e si capisce che si accontenterebbe di poco, probabilmente basterebbe un 鈥渕i spiace鈥�, in fondo la vittima 猫 鈥渟olo鈥� un arabo.
Invece Yakov Bok lotta fino alla fine per proclamare la sua innocenza e invocare giustizia: nonostante tutto gli sia contro, la volont脿 di condannarlo esplicita, ogni prova a suo discarico rifiutata, accolte invece le false prove e testimonianze che lo vorrebbero colpevole. Pur se perdente, pur se sconfitto, Yakov, novello Giobbe, diventa eroico nella sua difesa.
La storia 猫 ambientata nel 1911, nell鈥橴craina che faceva parte della Russia zarista.
脠 ispirata da un fatto vero, il che secondo me n茅 aggiunge n茅 modifica la notevole qualit脿 di questo romanzo: Mendel Beilis, che nel libro diventa Yakov Bok, venne imprigionato con l鈥檃ccusa d鈥檃ver ucciso un ragazzino per un rituale religioso. Inutile dire che era totalmente innocente, non aveva nulla a che fare con quanto successo. Mendel Beilis/Yakov era per貌 l鈥檜omo sbagliato nel posto sbagliato e nel momento sbagliato.
Per la 鈥榞iustizia鈥� zarista invece la situazione si rovesciava: Mendel Beilis/Yakov era il colpevole perfetto.
L鈥檜nica vera colpa di Yakov Bok 猫 quella d鈥檈ssere nato ebreo.
Un atto d鈥檃ccusa magistrale contro il razzismo, contro ogni razzismo.
October 9, 2024
賲毓賲賵賱丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 蹖賴賵丿 爻鬲蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕 賳賵卮鬲赖 卮丿賴 亘賴 賴賵賱賵讴丕爻鬲 賵 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 貙 蹖丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 丿乇 诏鬲賵賴丕 賵 蹖丕 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賵 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕乇賵倬丕蹖蹖 诏賵蹖丕 毓賱丕賯賴 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘賴 趩诏賵賳诏蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賵 丕亘毓丕丿 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 蹖賴賵丿 爻鬲蹖夭蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賳丿 . 丕賱亘鬲賴 跇乇賲蹖賳丕賱 賳賵卮鬲赖 丕賲蹖賱 夭賵賱丕 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賲賵爻讴丕鬲 丕孬乇 丕蹖夭丕讴 亘丕卮賵蹖鬲爻 爻蹖賳诏乇 讴賴 賳诏丕賴蹖 讴丕賲賱 賵 噩丕賲毓毓 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 卮乇賯 丕乇賵倬丕 賵 賱賴爻鬲丕賳 賵 爻賳鬲 賴丕蹖 丌賳丕賳 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 爻賵丕 賵 噩丿丕 丕夭 噩乇蹖丕賳 讴賱蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲.
讴鬲丕亘 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 賳賵卮鬲赖 亘乇賳丕乇丿 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 賴賲 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 诏乇賵賴 賵 乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賴 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲賳丕禺蹖賲 賲賳丿賱 亘賱蹖爻 蹖賴賵丿蹖 亘蹖 诏賳丕賴蹖 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 亘賴 賳丕丨賯 丿乇 乇賵爻蹖賴 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 卮丿賴 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 賲毓丕丿賱 跇乇賲蹖賳丕賱 丕賲蹖賱 夭賵賱丕 賵 丿乇蹖賮賵爻 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 丕賵讴乇丕蹖賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 讴賴 丌賳 夭賲丕賳 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 乇賵爻蹖賴 亘賵丿賴 貙 丕诏乇趩賴 讴賴 丕賲乇賵夭 亘乇丕蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖 賵 乇賴丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿 丕夭 趩賳诏丕賱 禺乇爻 乇賵爻 賲蹖 噩賳诏丿 .
蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕賴賲丕賳 賮乇丿 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 貙 蹖賴賵丿蹖 夭丕丿賴 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 趩賳丿丕賳 賴賲 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 丕賵 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘賴 乇爻賵賲 賵 丌丿丕亘 亘蹖 卮賲丕乇 丿蹖賳 禺賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕賵 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丕爻鬲 貙 亘丕 丿爻鬲 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 賳讴亘鬲 夭丿賴 禺賵丿 乇丕賴蹖 讴蹖賮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丕賲丕 亘丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴丕賲賱蹖 丕夭 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 貙 賮賯乇 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖 爻鬲蹖夭蹖 趩賳丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 禺乇丿 賵 卮讴爻鬲賴 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賳讴亘鬲 賯亘賱蹖 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丌乇夭賵蹖卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
胤賳夭 鬲賱禺 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳噩賲賳 囟丿 蹖賴賵丿 亘賴 丕賵 鬲賴賲鬲 禺賵賳 ( 蹖毓賳蹖 讴卮鬲賳 讴賵丿讴丕賳 睾蹖乇 蹖賴賵丿 賵 禺丕乇噩 讴乇丿賳 禺賵賳 丌賳賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬禺鬲賳 賲氐丕 賳賵毓蹖 賳丕賳 賮胤蹖乇 貙 丿乇 丿乇丕夭丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕乇賵倬丕 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賴丕賲 賴賲賵丕乇賴 爻亘亘 卮乇賵毓 賯鬲賱 賵毓丕賲 賵 賳爻賱 讴卮蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 卮丿賴 ) 賳爻亘鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 貙 丕賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賴丕賲 爻賳诏蹖賳 乇賵亘乇賵 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 倬蹖卮丕賲丿 乇賵夭诏丕乇 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 丕爻倬蹖賳賵夭丕 丿乇 丨丕賱 鬲讴丕賲賱 賵 賳賯丿 賲匕賴亘 賵 噩丿丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丿蹖賳 賵 丌蹖蹖賳 禺賵丿 丕爻鬲 .
禺賵丕賳丿賳 卮乇丨 卮賵乇亘禺鬲蹖 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 爻賯賵胤 丕賵 诏賵蹖丕 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 丕诏乇 趩賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲賱禺 賵 丿乇丿賳丕讴 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 丿乇 賵乇丕蹖 丌賳 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 趩诏賵賳诏蹖 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賳诏賵賳 亘禺鬲 賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 丕賵 亘賴 爻賲亘賱 賵 賳賲丕丿 丕乇丕丿賴 賵 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳丿 貙 毓匕丕亘 乇賵丨蹖 賵 乇賳噩 噩爻賲 賵 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 丕賵 丿乇 夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲丕丿丕賳賴 亘丿爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲乇爻蹖賲 卮丿賴 賵鬲讴丕賲賱 倬賱賴 亘賴 倬賱賴 丕賵 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
丕賲丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 胤賵賱丕賳蹖 貙 亘賱賳丿 賵 鬲賲丕賲 賳卮丿賳蹖 夭賳丿丕賳 丕賳賮乇丕丿蹖 禺爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 蹖丕 倬蹖丕賲 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 賴賲丕賳 丌睾丕夭 夭賳丿丕賳 丿乇讴 讴賳丿 貙 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 卮乇丨 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 夭賳丿丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賵 诏匕乇 乇賵夭诏丕乇 亘賴 鬲賱禺蹖 賵 讴賳丿蹖 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇蹖鬲賲 讴賳丿蹖 丿丕丿賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 丿乇 趩乇禺賴 丕蹖 丕夭 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 賵 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕蹖 賯丕亘賱 倬蹖卮 亘蹖賳蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 诏賮鬲 讴賴 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 卮乇丨 賲丿丕賲 乇賳噩 賵 卮賵乇 亘禺鬲蹖 爻禺鬲 丌夭丕乇 丿賴賳丿賴 貙 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘丕 亘禺卮 賲賴賲蹖 丕夭 鬲丕乇蹖禺 乇賵爻蹖賴 讴賴 爻乇卮丕乇 丕夭 噩賴賱 貙 禺乇丕賮丕鬲 貙 賮爻丕丿 賵 鬲亘毓蹖囟 丕爻鬲 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 鬲乇讴蹖亘蹖 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 賮乇賵倬丕卮蹖 賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘 賲蹖 丕賳噩丕賲丿 .
讴鬲丕亘 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 賳賵卮鬲赖 亘乇賳丕乇丿 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 賴賲 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 诏乇賵賴 賵 乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賴 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲賳丕禺蹖賲 賲賳丿賱 亘賱蹖爻 蹖賴賵丿蹖 亘蹖 诏賳丕賴蹖 亘賵丿賴 讴賴 亘賴 賳丕丨賯 丿乇 乇賵爻蹖賴 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 卮丿賴 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 賲毓丕丿賱 跇乇賲蹖賳丕賱 丕賲蹖賱 夭賵賱丕 賵 丿乇蹖賮賵爻 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 丕賵讴乇丕蹖賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 讴賴 丌賳 夭賲丕賳 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 乇賵爻蹖賴 亘賵丿賴 貙 丕诏乇趩賴 讴賴 丕賲乇賵夭 亘乇丕蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖 賵 乇賴丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿 丕夭 趩賳诏丕賱 禺乇爻 乇賵爻 賲蹖 噩賳诏丿 .
蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕賴賲丕賳 賮乇丿 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 貙 蹖賴賵丿蹖 夭丕丿賴 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 趩賳丿丕賳 賴賲 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 丕賵 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘賴 乇爻賵賲 賵 丌丿丕亘 亘蹖 卮賲丕乇 丿蹖賳 禺賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕賵 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丕爻鬲 貙 亘丕 丿爻鬲 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 賳讴亘鬲 夭丿賴 禺賵丿 乇丕賴蹖 讴蹖賮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丕賲丕 亘丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 讴丕賲賱蹖 丕夭 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 貙 賮賯乇 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖 爻鬲蹖夭蹖 趩賳丕賳 丕賵 乇丕 禺乇丿 賵 卮讴爻鬲賴 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賳讴亘鬲 賯亘賱蹖 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丌乇夭賵蹖卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
胤賳夭 鬲賱禺 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳噩賲賳 囟丿 蹖賴賵丿 亘賴 丕賵 鬲賴賲鬲 禺賵賳 ( 蹖毓賳蹖 讴卮鬲賳 讴賵丿讴丕賳 睾蹖乇 蹖賴賵丿 賵 禺丕乇噩 讴乇丿賳 禺賵賳 丌賳賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬禺鬲賳 賲氐丕 賳賵毓蹖 賳丕賳 賮胤蹖乇 貙 丿乇 丿乇丕夭丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕乇賵倬丕 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賴丕賲 賴賲賵丕乇賴 爻亘亘 卮乇賵毓 賯鬲賱 賵毓丕賲 賵 賳爻賱 讴卮蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 卮丿賴 ) 賳爻亘鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 貙 丕賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賴丕賲 爻賳诏蹖賳 乇賵亘乇賵 卮丿賴 讴賴 丕夭 倬蹖卮丕賲丿 乇賵夭诏丕乇 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 丕爻倬蹖賳賵夭丕 丿乇 丨丕賱 鬲讴丕賲賱 賵 賳賯丿 賲匕賴亘 賵 噩丿丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丿蹖賳 賵 丌蹖蹖賳 禺賵丿 丕爻鬲 .
禺賵丕賳丿賳 卮乇丨 卮賵乇亘禺鬲蹖 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 爻賯賵胤 丕賵 诏賵蹖丕 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 丕诏乇 趩賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲賱禺 賵 丿乇丿賳丕讴 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 丿乇 賵乇丕蹖 丌賳 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 趩诏賵賳诏蹖 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賳诏賵賳 亘禺鬲 賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 丕賵 亘賴 爻賲亘賱 賵 賳賲丕丿 丕乇丕丿賴 賵 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳丿 貙 毓匕丕亘 乇賵丨蹖 賵 乇賳噩 噩爻賲 賵 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 丕賵 丿乇 夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲丕丿丕賳賴 亘丿爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲乇爻蹖賲 卮丿賴 賵鬲讴丕賲賱 倬賱賴 亘賴 倬賱賴 丕賵 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
丕賲丕 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 胤賵賱丕賳蹖 貙 亘賱賳丿 賵 鬲賲丕賲 賳卮丿賳蹖 夭賳丿丕賳 丕賳賮乇丕丿蹖 禺爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 蹖丕 倬蹖丕賲 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 賴賲丕賳 丌睾丕夭 夭賳丿丕賳 丿乇讴 讴賳丿 貙 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 卮乇丨 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 夭賳丿丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 亘讴 賵 诏匕乇 乇賵夭诏丕乇 亘賴 鬲賱禺蹖 賵 讴賳丿蹖 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇蹖鬲賲 讴賳丿蹖 丿丕丿賴 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 丿乇 趩乇禺賴 丕蹖 丕夭 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 賵 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 丕夭 乇禺丿丕丿賴丕蹖 賯丕亘賱 倬蹖卮 亘蹖賳蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 诏賮鬲 讴賴 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 卮乇丨 賲丿丕賲 乇賳噩 賵 卮賵乇 亘禺鬲蹖 爻禺鬲 丌夭丕乇 丿賴賳丿賴 貙 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘丕 亘禺卮 賲賴賲蹖 丕夭 鬲丕乇蹖禺 乇賵爻蹖賴 讴賴 爻乇卮丕乇 丕夭 噩賴賱 貙 禺乇丕賮丕鬲 貙 賮爻丕丿 賵 鬲亘毓蹖囟 丕爻鬲 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 鬲乇讴蹖亘蹖 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 賮乇賵倬丕卮蹖 賵 丕賳賯賱丕亘 賲蹖 丕賳噩丕賲丿 .
February 12, 2023
Elogiat de critici 卯n 1966, multi-premiat, romanul lui Malamud nu mi-a pl膬cut. De葯i mi-ar fi pl膬cut s膬-mi plac膬. L-am parcurs r膬bd膬tor. Am c膬utat semnifica葲ii ascunse. N-am g膬sit. Am meditat la necesitate 葯i liber arbitru. F膬r膬 folos. 脦n acest caz, probabil, realitatea e mai ad卯nc膬 dec卯t fic葲iunea.
Un t卯n膬r evreu din Ukraina, Iakov Bok, este acuzat de o 鈥瀋rim膬 ritual膬鈥�, pe care, fire葯te, nu a comis-o. Petrece o vreme 卯n 卯nchisoare. E pe cale s膬-葯i piard膬 min葲ile. Tema inocentului chinuit pe nedrept este arhaic膬. Desigur, putem vedea 卯n Iakov o versiune modern膬 a biblicului Iov, dar asta nu spune mare lucru despre valoarea c膬r葲ii. Literatura e plin膬 e Iovi.
Bernard Malamud a rescris, de fapt, o poveste real膬. 脦n 1911, un anume Mendel Beilis a trecut printr-un proces similar. Dup膬 ce a stat doi ani 卯n temni葲膬, a fost achitat. Ajuns 卯n SUA, Beilis 葯i-a povestit experien葲a 卯n The Story of My Sufferings. Urma葯ii lui l-au acuzat pe Malamud 卯n mai multe r卯nduri de plagiat. Nu are cum fi plagiat, fiindc膬 dac膬 poveste葯ti ceva cu cuvintele tale nu plagiezi, repoveste葯ti. Dar pove葯tile, 卯n mare, coincid...
Un t卯n膬r evreu din Ukraina, Iakov Bok, este acuzat de o 鈥瀋rim膬 ritual膬鈥�, pe care, fire葯te, nu a comis-o. Petrece o vreme 卯n 卯nchisoare. E pe cale s膬-葯i piard膬 min葲ile. Tema inocentului chinuit pe nedrept este arhaic膬. Desigur, putem vedea 卯n Iakov o versiune modern膬 a biblicului Iov, dar asta nu spune mare lucru despre valoarea c膬r葲ii. Literatura e plin膬 e Iovi.
Bernard Malamud a rescris, de fapt, o poveste real膬. 脦n 1911, un anume Mendel Beilis a trecut printr-un proces similar. Dup膬 ce a stat doi ani 卯n temni葲膬, a fost achitat. Ajuns 卯n SUA, Beilis 葯i-a povestit experien葲a 卯n The Story of My Sufferings. Urma葯ii lui l-au acuzat pe Malamud 卯n mai multe r卯nduri de plagiat. Nu are cum fi plagiat, fiindc膬 dac膬 poveste葯ti ceva cu cuvintele tale nu plagiezi, repoveste葯ti. Dar pove葯tile, 卯n mare, coincid...
June 23, 2019
After reading Norman Cohn's , which is in large part about the horrid pogroms unleashed on Europe's Jews in the Middle Ages, I thought The Fixer would be a compatible co-read. The novel is set in Russia between the end of the Russo-Japanese War (1905) and the start of the Bolshevik Revolution (1917). The Fixer tells the story of Yakov Bok, a Jew dwelling in a Russian shtetl 30 versts from Kiev who tries to work as a general handyman, a fixer. But there's not much to fix in the shtetl, and not much money to go around in payment. Bok is usually paid in soup. But Bok is ambitious and after being left by his wife, whom he believes barren, he heads for nearby Kiev where there dwells a large population of Jews living in the ghetto. He believes that in the shtetl life was passing him by. On his way to Kiev, he fantasizes about wealth and property and a new wife who bears him beautiful children. He is able to pass for a Russian. One day he finds a fat man, Nikolai Maximovitch, face down in the snow. Turning him over he detects first the liquour on his breath and then the emblem of the Black Hundreds, a virulently anti-Semitic group, on his coat. The man's daughter appears and together they carry the inebriate home. As a reward, Bok is put to work papering the flat Nikolai Maximovutch owns above his own, for 40 rubles--an enormous sum. Later, Bok is promoted to run the Russian's brick factory. When a dead boy is found, and his death absurdly attributed to nonexistent Jewish practices, Bok is picked up by the police. It's clear from the start that their only goal is to frame him for this murder. The intensity of false witness borne against Bok simply astonishes. The monstrous hate with which his accusers are consumed stuns the mind. The so-called testimonies from so-called witnesses reveal a legal system rotten to the core. Everyone, it seems, is a pathological liar. The fixer is then moved to prison and it is here that Malamud appears to do the impossible: to take us through a day to day existence that is bleakness itself and yet which holds the reader through sheer narrative impetus. Arthur Koestler's was probably a model for Malamud, and without question Dostoyevsky's . Solzhenitsyn's did not appear until 1972 and The Fixer was published in 1966. Both are set in Russia and contain long detailed sections about coercing false confessions. I know a lot of readers abhor this book, or any book not about sunny, feel-good topics. Those readers are apparently in the game for its power to divert them from their current miseries. The Fixer isn't interested in doing that. It is in fact about misery, about suffering. It's almost as if Malamud said: Let me take the grimmest subject matter imaginable and not only make it supremely readable, but make it into art. However, he has done far more than that. He has also dramatized a common plight under the ignorant Tsar Nicholas II--whose entire family would shortly be executed by the Bolsheviks--and thereby instructs us all in matters of virtue.
February 27, 2025
鈥淩abbi鈥�, a simple Jew asks in Fiddler on the Roof, 鈥渄o you have a blessing for the tsar?鈥� The rabbi responds, 鈥淢ay G-D bless and keep the tsar鈥ar away from us.鈥� As comical as this movie line seemed, life in tsarist Russia were dangerous times to be a Jew. Law abiding citizens feared successful Jewish businessmen, and Cossacks instigated pogroms on Jewish shtetls with hope of eradicating them. Most Jews, most likely my family included, were concentrated in the Pale of Settlement, which is located in present day Ukraine. Other than the Pale, Jews knew that life could be dangerous and best to get out of the country while they still could. My family immigrated to the United States between 1905 and 1910, avoiding the last dark days of the tsar and the equally dangerous days of revolution. Most likely, Bernard Malamud鈥檚 family left Russia during those dark days as well or he would not have been present to write a griping novel about a Jew who was scapegoated for the murder of a Russian boy. Malamud, one of a group of gifted Jewish writers in the mid 20th century, would win both the national book award and the Pulitzer Prize for The Fixer,a tale about a simple Jew who most likely wished that the tsar was as far away from him as possible.
Yakov Shepsovitch Bok was a simple Jew who lived in the pale of settlement with his wife Raisl and her father Shmuel. While it was not a beautiful life, it was simple within Bok鈥檚 means. He worked as a fixer, a handyman, and did not have much, but at the end of the week had enough kopeks to fund a shabbos meal for his family. One thing that Yakov desired was children, but after six and a half years Raisl remained childless. According to Jewish law, a man can divorce his wife after ten years if his wife has not produced any children. Yakov grew frustrated with his wife, so she left the shtetl and took up relations with a non Jew. An orphan, Yakov had nothing left in the shtetl even though this was all he knew. He made a decision to abandon life as a religious Jew and adopt the position of free thinker, which he formulated on the teachings of Spinoza. As a non religious Jew without peyos, a yarmulke, and tzitzis, perhaps he could find work in the city of Kiev, and, after earning some rubles, perhaps he could send for Raisl and Shmuel, and they could start a new life in the city or even in America. That was Yakov鈥檚 impetus for leaving the shtetl anyway. What he failed to grasp, however, was that life in the city would be worse for Jews than in the shtetl where for the most they were left to do as they pleased, the blessing from Fiddler on the Roof all the more true with each passing page.
The Kiev of the last days of Tsar Nicholas II was not a kind place for Jews. The only tsar who did not officially persecute the Jews was Tsar Alexander III, which is why many Russian Jews will name their children Alexander or Alexandra. Nicholas, on the other hand, blamed the Jews for all the ills in society and placed many Jewish laws on the books, staging pogroms in Jewish villages if he believed Jews to be causing too many problems. The only city where Jews were welcome was Odessa but even that was sketchy, which is why as many Jews as possible left Russia in the last days of Nicholas鈥� rule. In Kiev, Jews lived in the Podol, a ghetto, and Yakov found a room with one Aaron Latke. He had trouble finding work because most Jews could not afford to pay for his services, and goyim would never employ a Jew at a job that actually earned rubles. Desperate, Yakov began to wonder why he even came to Kiev in the first place; perhaps, life in the shtetl was not so baf after all. His luck began to change when he found a drunkard face down in the snow one evening and brought him home. His reward was forty rubles and employment in the man鈥檚 brickyard, along with housing. This man was an antisemite who would never employ a Jew, so Yakov reinvented himself as Yakov Ivanovitch Dugoloshev. As Dugoloshev, doors would open to Yakov that would not be available to him as Yakov Bok; however, even without his garment, Yakov still looked like a Jew and his name, as unique as it sounded, did not fool many, the goyim plotting of a way to do away with him.
Since the early days of Christianity, uninformed gentiles believed that Jews blood let Christian children for part of their Passover rituals. During cycles of heightened attacks on Jews, parents would keep their children inside homes during the days leading up to the Passover festival in case a Christian mob would target them as retribution. In the time around Passover, a Christian boy is founded stabbed to death in a cave outside of Kiev. Even if one or more Christians killed the boy, the easiest thing to do would be to blame a Jew, and the most convenient Jew to scapegoat was Yakov. Jews during the tsar鈥檚 rule were thrown in prison without a cause, but in Yakov鈥檚 case, he was accused of killing an innocent Russian boy. The last seventy five percent of the novel deals with Yakov鈥檚 confinement in prison and the conditions that deteriorated by the day. Officials responsible for his prison stay and indictment were antisemitic, supported the tsar, and believed the timeless tale of bloodletting children for Passover. None of these men were wont to hear Yakov鈥檚 side of the story, much less to let him go free. To these men, he is a Jew even if he used an assumed name and lived as a freethinker rather than a religious person. Any person who exhibited the minutest amount of sympathy toward Yakov throughout his ordeal was found dead. He was left with no allies and hoped that someone in Russia believed him before the indictment went through.
As most of the narrative occurs within the horrid prison conditions and included conversation and contemplation on Yakov鈥檚 part, I could only read the text in small doses. Throughout history, Jews have been scapegoats and left to fend for themselves and the whole premise left me frustrated with various emotions boiling through me. That I finished reading this novel about persecution against Jews on a day where Israel buried victims of terrorism was not lost on me. As much as things change, sadly they stay the same. The Dreyfus affair, Yakov Bok, Israeli hostages. It is why it took me a good twenty hours to formulate my thoughts to write here even though I was wowed as usual by Malamud and knew that he had written an award winning novel. Malamud wrote at a time where antisemitism still abounded in the United States. He brought to the attention the plight of Jews in antisemitic societies and perhaps lead people to think, but here in America, it is different, it is a society forged on religious freedoms. Judging by the climate today, America is sadly not different, just late to the ballgame. Yakov Bok had been based on Mendel Beilis, who had been charged on false charges for a similar crime and then miraculously acquitted by a Russian jury. Malamud told this tale and then some, which lead to him garnering awards and accolades for his work. I hope that we as a Jewish people do not need to experience a Yakov Bok again; yet, after yesterday鈥檚 world events, I have to keep my faith that that day never comes.
5 stars
Yakov Shepsovitch Bok was a simple Jew who lived in the pale of settlement with his wife Raisl and her father Shmuel. While it was not a beautiful life, it was simple within Bok鈥檚 means. He worked as a fixer, a handyman, and did not have much, but at the end of the week had enough kopeks to fund a shabbos meal for his family. One thing that Yakov desired was children, but after six and a half years Raisl remained childless. According to Jewish law, a man can divorce his wife after ten years if his wife has not produced any children. Yakov grew frustrated with his wife, so she left the shtetl and took up relations with a non Jew. An orphan, Yakov had nothing left in the shtetl even though this was all he knew. He made a decision to abandon life as a religious Jew and adopt the position of free thinker, which he formulated on the teachings of Spinoza. As a non religious Jew without peyos, a yarmulke, and tzitzis, perhaps he could find work in the city of Kiev, and, after earning some rubles, perhaps he could send for Raisl and Shmuel, and they could start a new life in the city or even in America. That was Yakov鈥檚 impetus for leaving the shtetl anyway. What he failed to grasp, however, was that life in the city would be worse for Jews than in the shtetl where for the most they were left to do as they pleased, the blessing from Fiddler on the Roof all the more true with each passing page.
The Kiev of the last days of Tsar Nicholas II was not a kind place for Jews. The only tsar who did not officially persecute the Jews was Tsar Alexander III, which is why many Russian Jews will name their children Alexander or Alexandra. Nicholas, on the other hand, blamed the Jews for all the ills in society and placed many Jewish laws on the books, staging pogroms in Jewish villages if he believed Jews to be causing too many problems. The only city where Jews were welcome was Odessa but even that was sketchy, which is why as many Jews as possible left Russia in the last days of Nicholas鈥� rule. In Kiev, Jews lived in the Podol, a ghetto, and Yakov found a room with one Aaron Latke. He had trouble finding work because most Jews could not afford to pay for his services, and goyim would never employ a Jew at a job that actually earned rubles. Desperate, Yakov began to wonder why he even came to Kiev in the first place; perhaps, life in the shtetl was not so baf after all. His luck began to change when he found a drunkard face down in the snow one evening and brought him home. His reward was forty rubles and employment in the man鈥檚 brickyard, along with housing. This man was an antisemite who would never employ a Jew, so Yakov reinvented himself as Yakov Ivanovitch Dugoloshev. As Dugoloshev, doors would open to Yakov that would not be available to him as Yakov Bok; however, even without his garment, Yakov still looked like a Jew and his name, as unique as it sounded, did not fool many, the goyim plotting of a way to do away with him.
Since the early days of Christianity, uninformed gentiles believed that Jews blood let Christian children for part of their Passover rituals. During cycles of heightened attacks on Jews, parents would keep their children inside homes during the days leading up to the Passover festival in case a Christian mob would target them as retribution. In the time around Passover, a Christian boy is founded stabbed to death in a cave outside of Kiev. Even if one or more Christians killed the boy, the easiest thing to do would be to blame a Jew, and the most convenient Jew to scapegoat was Yakov. Jews during the tsar鈥檚 rule were thrown in prison without a cause, but in Yakov鈥檚 case, he was accused of killing an innocent Russian boy. The last seventy five percent of the novel deals with Yakov鈥檚 confinement in prison and the conditions that deteriorated by the day. Officials responsible for his prison stay and indictment were antisemitic, supported the tsar, and believed the timeless tale of bloodletting children for Passover. None of these men were wont to hear Yakov鈥檚 side of the story, much less to let him go free. To these men, he is a Jew even if he used an assumed name and lived as a freethinker rather than a religious person. Any person who exhibited the minutest amount of sympathy toward Yakov throughout his ordeal was found dead. He was left with no allies and hoped that someone in Russia believed him before the indictment went through.
As most of the narrative occurs within the horrid prison conditions and included conversation and contemplation on Yakov鈥檚 part, I could only read the text in small doses. Throughout history, Jews have been scapegoats and left to fend for themselves and the whole premise left me frustrated with various emotions boiling through me. That I finished reading this novel about persecution against Jews on a day where Israel buried victims of terrorism was not lost on me. As much as things change, sadly they stay the same. The Dreyfus affair, Yakov Bok, Israeli hostages. It is why it took me a good twenty hours to formulate my thoughts to write here even though I was wowed as usual by Malamud and knew that he had written an award winning novel. Malamud wrote at a time where antisemitism still abounded in the United States. He brought to the attention the plight of Jews in antisemitic societies and perhaps lead people to think, but here in America, it is different, it is a society forged on religious freedoms. Judging by the climate today, America is sadly not different, just late to the ballgame. Yakov Bok had been based on Mendel Beilis, who had been charged on false charges for a similar crime and then miraculously acquitted by a Russian jury. Malamud told this tale and then some, which lead to him garnering awards and accolades for his work. I hope that we as a Jewish people do not need to experience a Yakov Bok again; yet, after yesterday鈥檚 world events, I have to keep my faith that that day never comes.
5 stars
February 2, 2025
賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 丿乇 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲 丌賲丿賴鈥� 丕爻鬲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮蹖賱賲蹖 鬲賵爻胤 噩丕賳 賮乇丕賳讴賳 賴丕蹖賲乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 郾酃鄱鄹貙 亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 丌賱賳 亘蹖鬲爻 爻丕禺鬲賴 卮丿 丕爻鬲.
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芦丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丕貙 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕夭 賴賲鈥屭驰屫� 賵 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賴鈥屰� 賲丕貙 亘賴 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丕诏夭蹖爻鬲丕賳爻蹖丕賱蹖爻鬲蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇丿. 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿鬲乇 賵 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 丕賲蹖丿 亘賴 賲丕 丕乇丕卅賴 亘丿賴賳丿: 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 亘賴鈥� 賲孬丕亘賴鈥屰� 賮乇丕禺賵丕賳蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓賲賱 賵 丨乇讴鬲 亘丕卮賳丿.禄 (噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 爻丕賮乇丕賳 賮賵卅乇). 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴 鄱 讴鬲丕亘
賯賴乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 丕夭 乇賳噩 賮乇丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 亘賱讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴鈥� 賲孬丕亘賴鈥屰� 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賵噩賵丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賵 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕賴 乇爻鬲诏丕乇蹖 丕賵 賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟嗀�. 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 賴賲賵丕乇賴 丿乇 丌孬丕乇卮 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 讴賴 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丨賯蹖賯蹖貙 鬲賳賴丕 丕夭 乇丕賴 乇賳噩 賲蹖爻乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 丿乇 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 丕蹖賳 亘丕賵乇 乇丕 亘賴 讴丕賲賱鈥屫臂屬� 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 鬲噩賱蹖 亘禺卮蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲. 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 蹖丕乇丿賱蹖貙 賲賳鬲賯丿 賵丕卮蹖賳诏鬲賳 倬爻鬲貙 賲毓鬲賯丿 丕爻鬲 芦丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 匕丕鬲蹖 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 趩賳蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 讴賴 亘賴 亘夭乇诏丿丕卮鬲 -亘賱賴貙 亘夭乇诏丿丕卮鬲! - 乇賳噩 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏� 亘賴 賴蹖噩 賵噩賴 賲睾賲賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲.禄 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 鄹 讴鬲丕亘
賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 亘乇丕蹖 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿賳 賮囟丕蹖 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 趩賳丿 亘賳鈥屬呚й屬団€屰� 孬丕亘鬲 乇丕 丿乇 丌孬丕乇卮 亘賴鈥� 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳噩丕 賲賴賲鈥屫臂屬� 丌賳賴丕 夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲. 禺賵丿 丕賵 丿乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲氐丕丨亘賴鈥屬囏й屫� 丿乇 丕蹖賳鈥屫ㄘж辟� 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 芦夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴鈥屫й� 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺賲氐賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 胤賵賱 鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴 丌賳 丿趩丕乇 丕爻鬲. 噩亘乇 丕賵賱蹖賳 夭賳丿丕賳 亘卮乇蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 賲蹖賵賴鈥屬囏й屫� 亘賴 趩卮賲 賴賲诏丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫③屫�. 亘蹖鈥屫关з勜� 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖貙 亘蹖鈥屫必呟� 賵 賳丕丿丕賳蹖 賴賲 夭賳丿丕賳鈥屬囏й� 爻丕禺鬲賴鈥屰� 丿爻鬲 亘卮乇賳丿鈥� 禺丕乇賯鈥屫з勜关ж団€屫臂屬� 丕禺鬲乇丕毓 賲丕 丌夭丕丿蹖 亘卮乇 丕爻鬲.禄 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴 酃 讴鬲丕亘
趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴 爻賵乇丕禺鈥屬囏й� 爻賯賮 禺丕賳賴鈥屫ж� 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 禺丿丕 乇丕 丿蹖丿 亘夭賳丿責 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 郾鄯 讴鬲丕亘
賵賯鬲蹖 鬲賲丕賲 毓賲乇鬲 賴蹖趩 賳丿丕卮鬲賴鈥屫й屫� 夭蹖丕丿 丿丕卮鬲賳 賵丨卮鬲鈥屫藏団€屫ж� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 氐賮丨賴 鄣鄯 讴鬲丕亘
丕诏乇 卮賲丕 賮賯蹖乇 亘丕卮蹖丿貙 鬲賲丕賲 賵賯鬲鬲丕賳 氐乇賮 讴丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭蹖 亘賴 诏賮鬲賳卮 賳蹖爻鬲. 丌賳鈥� 賵賯鬲 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 賵 夭蹖乇 賵 夭亘乇 爻蹖丕爻鬲 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫迟矩ж臂屫� 丿爻鬲 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲賵丕賳卮 乇丕 丿丕乇賳丿. 氐賮丨賴 鄹鄄 讴鬲丕亘
賴蹖趩 讴爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 鬲丕 丕亘丿 賲禺賮蹖 讴賳丿. 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 賳丕賯賵爻 夭賳 亘賲蹖乇丿貙 亘丕丿 賳丕賯賵爻 乇丕 亘賴 氐丿丕 丿乇賲蹖鈥屫①堌必�. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄢郾 讴鬲丕亘
亘賴 賳馗乇賲 讴卮賵乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕賳爻丕賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕卮丿貙 蹖讴 噩賵乇賴丕蹖蹖 賳賮乇蹖賳鈥� 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘賵蹖 鬲毓賮賳 趩賳蹖賳 賮爻丕丿蹖 賴蹖趩鈥� 賵賯鬲 丕夭 賲卮丕賲 乇賵丨 蹖讴 賲賱鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賵 丕蹖賳 亘賵蹖 鬲毓賮賳 亘丿蹖鈥屬囏й� 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄱鄣 讴鬲丕亘
丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡�. 丿乇 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇蹖 賵 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡�. 诏丕賴 賮賯胤 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡� 賵 賴蹖趩 鬲賵賴蹖賳蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘夭乇诏鈥屫� 賳蹖爻鬲. 氐賮丨賴 鄄郯鄄 讴鬲丕亘
賲乇诏 丕夭 亘毓囟蹖 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 賮丕氐賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 鬲賲丕賲 賲氐蹖亘鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 賲丨賳鬲鈥屬囏ж� 賮賯乇貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇貙 囟乇亘丕鬲 爻乇賳賵卮鬲貨 賴賲賴 賵 賴賲賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賵丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿蹖貙 夭噩乇 讴卮蹖丿蹖貙 丕賲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿蹖. 氐賮丨賴 鄢郾郯 讴鬲丕亘
鈥嬠臂篡佰�/郾郾/郾鄞
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芦丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丕貙 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕夭 賴賲鈥屭驰屫� 賵 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賴鈥屰� 賲丕貙 亘賴 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 丕诏夭蹖爻鬲丕賳爻蹖丕賱蹖爻鬲蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇丿. 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 趩蹖夭蹖 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿鬲乇 賵 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 丕賲蹖丿 亘賴 賲丕 丕乇丕卅賴 亘丿賴賳丿: 乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 亘賴鈥� 賲孬丕亘賴鈥屰� 賮乇丕禺賵丕賳蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓賲賱 賵 丨乇讴鬲 亘丕卮賳丿.禄 (噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 爻丕賮乇丕賳 賮賵卅乇). 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴 鄱 讴鬲丕亘
賯賴乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 丕夭 乇賳噩 賮乇丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 亘賱讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴鈥� 賲孬丕亘賴鈥屰� 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賵噩賵丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賵 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕賴 乇爻鬲诏丕乇蹖 丕賵 賲蹖鈥屬矩佰屫辟嗀�. 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 賴賲賵丕乇賴 丿乇 丌孬丕乇卮 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 讴賴 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丨賯蹖賯蹖貙 鬲賳賴丕 丕夭 乇丕賴 乇賳噩 賲蹖爻乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 丿乇 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇 丕蹖賳 亘丕賵乇 乇丕 亘賴 讴丕賲賱鈥屫臂屬� 卮讴賱 賲賲讴賳 鬲噩賱蹖 亘禺卮蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲. 噩丕賳丕鬲丕賳 蹖丕乇丿賱蹖貙 賲賳鬲賯丿 賵丕卮蹖賳诏鬲賳 倬爻鬲貙 賲毓鬲賯丿 丕爻鬲 芦丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 匕丕鬲蹖 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 趩賳蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲禺蹖賱蹖 讴賴 亘賴 亘夭乇诏丿丕卮鬲 -亘賱賴貙 亘夭乇诏丿丕卮鬲! - 乇賳噩 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏� 亘賴 賴蹖噩 賵噩賴 賲睾賲賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲.禄 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 鄹 讴鬲丕亘
賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 亘乇丕蹖 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿賳 賮囟丕蹖 賮丕賳鬲夭蹖 趩賳丿 亘賳鈥屬呚й屬団€屰� 孬丕亘鬲 乇丕 丿乇 丌孬丕乇卮 亘賴鈥� 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳噩丕 賲賴賲鈥屫臂屬� 丌賳賴丕 夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲. 禺賵丿 丕賵 丿乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲氐丕丨亘賴鈥屬囏й屫� 丿乇 丕蹖賳鈥屫ㄘж辟� 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 芦夭賳丿丕賳 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴鈥屫й� 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺賲氐賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 胤賵賱 鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴 丌賳 丿趩丕乇 丕爻鬲. 噩亘乇 丕賵賱蹖賳 夭賳丿丕賳 亘卮乇蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 賲蹖賵賴鈥屬囏й屫� 亘賴 趩卮賲 賴賲诏丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫③屫�. 亘蹖鈥屫关з勜� 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖貙 亘蹖鈥屫必呟� 賵 賳丕丿丕賳蹖 賴賲 夭賳丿丕賳鈥屬囏й� 爻丕禺鬲賴鈥屰� 丿爻鬲 亘卮乇賳丿鈥� 禺丕乇賯鈥屫з勜关ж団€屫臂屬� 丕禺鬲乇丕毓 賲丕 丌夭丕丿蹖 亘卮乇 丕爻鬲.禄 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屰� 賲鬲乇噩賲. 氐賮丨賴 酃 讴鬲丕亘
趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴 爻賵乇丕禺鈥屬囏й� 爻賯賮 禺丕賳賴鈥屫ж� 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 禺丿丕 乇丕 丿蹖丿 亘夭賳丿責 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 郾鄯 讴鬲丕亘
賵賯鬲蹖 鬲賲丕賲 毓賲乇鬲 賴蹖趩 賳丿丕卮鬲賴鈥屫й屫� 夭蹖丕丿 丿丕卮鬲賳 賵丨卮鬲鈥屫藏団€屫ж� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 氐賮丨賴 鄣鄯 讴鬲丕亘
丕诏乇 卮賲丕 賮賯蹖乇 亘丕卮蹖丿貙 鬲賲丕賲 賵賯鬲鬲丕賳 氐乇賮 讴丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭蹖 亘賴 诏賮鬲賳卮 賳蹖爻鬲. 丌賳鈥� 賵賯鬲 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 賵 夭蹖乇 賵 夭亘乇 爻蹖丕爻鬲 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫迟矩ж臂屫� 丿爻鬲 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲賵丕賳卮 乇丕 丿丕乇賳丿. 氐賮丨賴 鄹鄄 讴鬲丕亘
賴蹖趩 讴爻 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丨賯蹖賯鬲 乇丕 鬲丕 丕亘丿 賲禺賮蹖 讴賳丿. 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 賳丕賯賵爻 夭賳 亘賲蹖乇丿貙 亘丕丿 賳丕賯賵爻 乇丕 亘賴 氐丿丕 丿乇賲蹖鈥屫①堌必�. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄢郾 讴鬲丕亘
亘賴 賳馗乇賲 讴卮賵乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕賳爻丕賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕卮丿貙 蹖讴 噩賵乇賴丕蹖蹖 賳賮乇蹖賳鈥� 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘賵蹖 鬲毓賮賳 趩賳蹖賳 賮爻丕丿蹖 賴蹖趩鈥� 賵賯鬲 丕夭 賲卮丕賲 乇賵丨 蹖讴 賲賱鬲 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賵 丕蹖賳 亘賵蹖 鬲毓賮賳 亘丿蹖鈥屬囏й� 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 氐賮丨賴 郾鄱鄣 讴鬲丕亘
丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡�. 丿乇 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇蹖 賵 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡�. 诏丕賴 賮賯胤 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡� 賵 賴蹖趩 鬲賵賴蹖賳蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘夭乇诏鈥屫� 賳蹖爻鬲. 氐賮丨賴 鄄郯鄄 讴鬲丕亘
賲乇诏 丕夭 亘毓囟蹖 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 賮丕氐賱賴 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 鬲賲丕賲 賲氐蹖亘鬲鈥屬囏� 賵 賲丨賳鬲鈥屬囏ж� 賮賯乇貙 丕卮鬲亘丕賴丕鬲 丿乇 賯亘丕賱 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇貙 囟乇亘丕鬲 爻乇賳賵卮鬲貨 賴賲賴 賵 賴賲賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賵丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿蹖貙 夭噩乇 讴卮蹖丿蹖貙 丕賲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿蹖. 氐賮丨賴 鄢郾郯 讴鬲丕亘
鈥嬠臂篡佰�/郾郾/郾鄞
May 30, 2021
Yakov borrows the broken horse and wagon from his father-in-law and with it he rides away from the present, his past of little and less, towards hope and opportunity in the bigger city of Kiev. Though he is a Jew, in his heart Yakov Bok believes there is more in this life for him, even in this land, even in this time. Soon, opportunity does come, in the form of gratitude, after Yakov helps a man fallen in the snow one night. Though the man is a man of means, he also wears the Black Hundreds symbol on his lapel, men who actively denounce the Jews and their citizenship in Russia. With reluctance, Yakov accepts the gift presented. Since he does not look Jewish, he does not offer it up. To do so would certainly be worse. Opportunity then. The chance of a future.
But for some, favor is not their part in life. Their fate is something very different, or so Bok comes to believe.
Through Yakov's experience in The Fixer, Malamund dives deeply into antisemitism found to exist in early twentieth century Russia. It is the time of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia鈥檚 last emperor. He is one who seems to speak from both sides of the mouth. Inaction speaks louder than the care for man and country that is his facade. Although Malamund was born in the States, his parents were Jewish Russian emigrants, so I wonder how much of their living experience influenced the writing of this story. What Yakov endures here in prison is extreme and therefore it imparts volumes. At times he is a completely broken individual, alone in his suffering on the edge of suicide, and at times he stands defiantly, exuding hope for the reader through his thoughts and dreams. It is in those sudden dream-like states of mind I found that Malamund's prose became more than exceptional. It was simply transportive.
But for some, favor is not their part in life. Their fate is something very different, or so Bok comes to believe.
Through Yakov's experience in The Fixer, Malamund dives deeply into antisemitism found to exist in early twentieth century Russia. It is the time of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia鈥檚 last emperor. He is one who seems to speak from both sides of the mouth. Inaction speaks louder than the care for man and country that is his facade. Although Malamund was born in the States, his parents were Jewish Russian emigrants, so I wonder how much of their living experience influenced the writing of this story. What Yakov endures here in prison is extreme and therefore it imparts volumes. At times he is a completely broken individual, alone in his suffering on the edge of suicide, and at times he stands defiantly, exuding hope for the reader through his thoughts and dreams. It is in those sudden dream-like states of mind I found that Malamund's prose became more than exceptional. It was simply transportive.
October 31, 2018
Displacement activity is when you do stuff to avoid doing other stuff, so like instead of reviewing The Fixer I have been playing scrabble with daughter (we agree that ex is an allowable word) and switching the tv aimlessly on to find a drama in which they are just about to cut off John Paul Getty鈥檚 ear to prove to the father they have got the kid (I did not care to see that) and then I lectured the two cats on the importance of not chasing each other around the house at ridiculous times of the night, but they were sullen and would not look me in the eye, and then I read all the other reviews of The Fixer and found to my complete lack of surprise they鈥檙e 99% 4 or 5 stars.
Hmmm. The damn thing won the Pulizer and the National Book Award in 1967 at the very moment the fab four were singing that there鈥檚 nowhere you can be that isn鈥檛 where you鈥檙e meant to be 鈥� great God almighty, is that really what John Lennon really sings? Yes 鈥� it is! So, try telling that blissed out truth to Yakov Bok the poor goon who gets accused of the Jewish ritual murder of a 12 year old boy and spends 3 years in increasingly miserable prison cells awaiting trial. It鈥檚 okay, Yakov 鈥� according to John Lennon that鈥檚 where you鈥檙e meant to be, so just go with the antisemitic flow.
Everybody thinks this book is very profound, all about the human condition and the philosophy of Spinoza and the racist state and so forth, but I thought it was like being the clapper in a bell that would never stop ringing. Bongggggg bonggggggg bonnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg 鈥� people are very cruel 鈥� bong bongggggg 鈥� the Russians really hated the Jews back then 鈥� bonggggggg 鈥� you can鈥檛 escape your fate 鈥� bonnnnnnnngggggg 鈥� nobody will save you in the end 鈥� bongbongbong.
Let鈥檚 do a random core sample of this book.
As the day wore on he groaned often, tore his hair with both fists, and knocked his head repeatedly against the wall P91
Manacled, his legs chained, nervously exhausted, his body in flight though he tried with ten fingers to hold on to his mind, he stood with five armed guards at his back P138
The leg chains were too short for Yakov to climb the steep steps, so he was seized under the arms by two of the gendarmes and dragged and pushed up P172
All day th fixer walked in his cell, sometimes he ran, five steps, three, five, three, breaking the circuit to hurl himself against the wall, or smash his fists against the metal door P232
At five in the morning the day began and never ended. In the early evening dark he was already lying on his mattress, trying to sleep Sometimes he tried all night. P274
They鈥檙e trying to unhinge me, thought the fixer, and then they鈥檒l say I went mad because I committed the crime. P319
He was chained to the wall again. Things went badly. P375
So you see what I鈥檓 saying 鈥� what we have here is nothing but the unjust cruel sadistic sufferings of wretched Jakov-the-nobody for 350 pages, with a few pages of uncontrolled rantings from the prison warden about how the Jews make matzos for Passover from the blood of Christian children thrown in to give the reader a break. Now and again a defence attorney appears to dangle some distant fruitless hope in front of the half-dead Jakov and he grasps at this faint possibility with a painful naivete. The defence attorney usually commits suicide or is mysteriously drowned within a few pages.
Yes, most of this sorry tale is based on the real case of Mendel Beilis, a falsely accused Jew who 鈥� remarkably 鈥� was acquitted by the Christians on the jury when he finally got tried. (But he wasn鈥檛 a free-thinking non-religious guy like Jakov. That part is made up. )
The wrongly accused man 鈥� boy, we have a lot of those in our fiction. There鈥檚 a listopia devoted to them
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which omits some of the more famous 鈥� off the top of my head, how about Atonement, The Trial, The Count of Monte Cristo, Caleb Williams, Les Miserables (well he pinched a loaf), To Kill a Mockingbird, Alias Grace, The Green Mile, Darkness at Noon 鈥� and Hitchcock liked them too, see The Wrong Man and Frenzy. (In these tales we always get the story from the poor innocent鈥檚 point of view. We never get to be with the perpetrators. So we readers always get to feel totally righteous.)
Jonathan Safran Foer in his introduction says this is pre-eminently a novel to galvanise the reader into political action
When I finished reading this novel, I felt castigated and inspired. Grumbling about the state of the world suddenly wasn鈥檛 enough. And excusing myself from political activity felt wrong
He is much more robust than me. When I finished this novel I was thinking wow, if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time there is really not one thing you can do about it. I was actually de-galvanised. I was enervated. The only glint of light in the whole novel was a reflection off the polished boot that was stamping down on Jakov鈥檚 head. It was all much too much.
For a much better novel about the grinding misery of prison : One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn
For a novel which makes the antisemitism of The Fixer seem like a stroll in the park on a pleasant Sunday morning, should you really want such a thing, see The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski.
Hmmm. The damn thing won the Pulizer and the National Book Award in 1967 at the very moment the fab four were singing that there鈥檚 nowhere you can be that isn鈥檛 where you鈥檙e meant to be 鈥� great God almighty, is that really what John Lennon really sings? Yes 鈥� it is! So, try telling that blissed out truth to Yakov Bok the poor goon who gets accused of the Jewish ritual murder of a 12 year old boy and spends 3 years in increasingly miserable prison cells awaiting trial. It鈥檚 okay, Yakov 鈥� according to John Lennon that鈥檚 where you鈥檙e meant to be, so just go with the antisemitic flow.
Everybody thinks this book is very profound, all about the human condition and the philosophy of Spinoza and the racist state and so forth, but I thought it was like being the clapper in a bell that would never stop ringing. Bongggggg bonggggggg bonnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg 鈥� people are very cruel 鈥� bong bongggggg 鈥� the Russians really hated the Jews back then 鈥� bonggggggg 鈥� you can鈥檛 escape your fate 鈥� bonnnnnnnngggggg 鈥� nobody will save you in the end 鈥� bongbongbong.
Let鈥檚 do a random core sample of this book.
As the day wore on he groaned often, tore his hair with both fists, and knocked his head repeatedly against the wall P91
Manacled, his legs chained, nervously exhausted, his body in flight though he tried with ten fingers to hold on to his mind, he stood with five armed guards at his back P138
The leg chains were too short for Yakov to climb the steep steps, so he was seized under the arms by two of the gendarmes and dragged and pushed up P172
All day th fixer walked in his cell, sometimes he ran, five steps, three, five, three, breaking the circuit to hurl himself against the wall, or smash his fists against the metal door P232
At five in the morning the day began and never ended. In the early evening dark he was already lying on his mattress, trying to sleep Sometimes he tried all night. P274
They鈥檙e trying to unhinge me, thought the fixer, and then they鈥檒l say I went mad because I committed the crime. P319
He was chained to the wall again. Things went badly. P375
So you see what I鈥檓 saying 鈥� what we have here is nothing but the unjust cruel sadistic sufferings of wretched Jakov-the-nobody for 350 pages, with a few pages of uncontrolled rantings from the prison warden about how the Jews make matzos for Passover from the blood of Christian children thrown in to give the reader a break. Now and again a defence attorney appears to dangle some distant fruitless hope in front of the half-dead Jakov and he grasps at this faint possibility with a painful naivete. The defence attorney usually commits suicide or is mysteriously drowned within a few pages.
Yes, most of this sorry tale is based on the real case of Mendel Beilis, a falsely accused Jew who 鈥� remarkably 鈥� was acquitted by the Christians on the jury when he finally got tried. (But he wasn鈥檛 a free-thinking non-religious guy like Jakov. That part is made up. )
The wrongly accused man 鈥� boy, we have a lot of those in our fiction. There鈥檚 a listopia devoted to them
/shelf/show/...
which omits some of the more famous 鈥� off the top of my head, how about Atonement, The Trial, The Count of Monte Cristo, Caleb Williams, Les Miserables (well he pinched a loaf), To Kill a Mockingbird, Alias Grace, The Green Mile, Darkness at Noon 鈥� and Hitchcock liked them too, see The Wrong Man and Frenzy. (In these tales we always get the story from the poor innocent鈥檚 point of view. We never get to be with the perpetrators. So we readers always get to feel totally righteous.)
Jonathan Safran Foer in his introduction says this is pre-eminently a novel to galvanise the reader into political action
When I finished reading this novel, I felt castigated and inspired. Grumbling about the state of the world suddenly wasn鈥檛 enough. And excusing myself from political activity felt wrong
He is much more robust than me. When I finished this novel I was thinking wow, if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time there is really not one thing you can do about it. I was actually de-galvanised. I was enervated. The only glint of light in the whole novel was a reflection off the polished boot that was stamping down on Jakov鈥檚 head. It was all much too much.
For a much better novel about the grinding misery of prison : One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn
For a novel which makes the antisemitism of The Fixer seem like a stroll in the park on a pleasant Sunday morning, should you really want such a thing, see The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski.
February 23, 2024
賯氐賴 丕蹖 鬲賱禺 亘乇丕蹖 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 鬲賱禺鈥屫�. 噩睾乇丕賮蹖丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵爻蹖賴 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賵乇賴 鬲夭丕乇賴丕爻鬲貙 亘賴賲 乇蹖禺鬲賴 賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 亘丨乇丕賳 賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 爻蹖丕爻蹖 賵 賲匕賴亘蹖 倬乇 丕夭 噩賴丕賱鬲 賵 禺乇丕賮丕鬲貙 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丿賵 丿爻鬲賴 蹖賴賵丿蹖 賵 賲爻蹖丨蹖 賳丕亘乇丕亘乇丕賳賴 鬲賯爻蹖賲 卮丿賴 賵 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丨丕卮蹖賴 乇丕賳丿賴 丕爻鬲.
卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 丕爻鬲貙 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖 讴賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲賳賴丕 丨賯賵賯 丕賵賱蹖賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖禺賵丕賴丿. 蹖丕讴賵賮 讴賵丿讴蹖 丕卮 乇丕 丿乇 蹖鬲蹖賲鈥屫з嗁� 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 賮賯蹖乇賳卮蹖賳蹖 诏匕乇丕賳丿賴貙 賮乇夭賳丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 讴乇丿賴 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 鬲毓賲蹖乇 丕噩賳丕爻 賮賯乇丕 丨鬲蹖 賯丕丿乇 亘賴 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 丿爻鬲賲夭丿 丕卮 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 賵 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丕蹖賳 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賴丕 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 賲蹖丿賴丿 鬲丕 亘賴 卮賴乇 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴賳丿. 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 卮賴乇 亘乇丕蹖卮 乇賯賲 賲蹖禺賵乇丿 讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 丕夭 讴乇丿賴 丕卮 倬卮蹖賲丕賳 卮賵丿 賵 丨爻乇鬲 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 鬲兀爻賮 亘丕乇 乇賵爻鬲丕 乇丕 亘禺賵乇丿.
亘乇賳丕乇丿 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 乇賲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇賳丿賴 噩丕蹖夭賴 賲賱蹖 賵 噩丕蹖夭賴 倬賵賱蹖鬲夭乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.
卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕讴賵賮 丕爻鬲貙 鬲毓賲蹖乇讴丕乇蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖 讴賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲賳賴丕 丨賯賵賯 丕賵賱蹖賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖禺賵丕賴丿. 蹖丕讴賵賮 讴賵丿讴蹖 丕卮 乇丕 丿乇 蹖鬲蹖賲鈥屫з嗁� 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 賮賯蹖乇賳卮蹖賳蹖 诏匕乇丕賳丿賴貙 賮乇夭賳丿蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 禺蹖丕賳鬲 讴乇丿賴 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 鬲毓賲蹖乇 丕噩賳丕爻 賮賯乇丕 丨鬲蹖 賯丕丿乇 亘賴 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 丿爻鬲賲夭丿 丕卮 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 賵 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丕蹖賳 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賴丕 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 賲蹖丿賴丿 鬲丕 亘賴 卮賴乇 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴賳丿. 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 卮賴乇 亘乇丕蹖卮 乇賯賲 賲蹖禺賵乇丿 讴丕乇蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 丕夭 讴乇丿賴 丕卮 倬卮蹖賲丕賳 卮賵丿 賵 丨爻乇鬲 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 鬲兀爻賮 亘丕乇 乇賵爻鬲丕 乇丕 亘禺賵乇丿.
亘乇賳丕乇丿 賲丕賱丕賲賵丿 乇賲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇賳丿賴 噩丕蹖夭賴 賲賱蹖 賵 噩丕蹖夭賴 倬賵賱蹖鬲夭乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.
February 4, 2019
It was one of my required readings in college.
Like every Malamud novel, The Fixer is a very disturbing read, almost traumatic.
The writing is brilliant, but I have no intention to read it again. Ever.
Like every Malamud novel, The Fixer is a very disturbing read, almost traumatic.
The writing is brilliant, but I have no intention to read it again. Ever.
November 1, 2022
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L'uomo di Kiev vinse il Pulitzer e il National Book Award, il secondo per Malamud dopo quello ottenuto per i racconti superlativi de Il Barile Magico. Ed 猫 un romanzo eccezionale, rappresenta una vetta sublime e inimitabile nel mondo della letteratura contemporanea. Nel romanzo, sofferenza e umiliazione sono raccontate come condizioni universali e ineluttabili, il dolore si percepisce come una porta per la maturazione, il riscatto e la consapevolezza. La tragedia individuale viene vissuta come mito collettivo, rituale che tende a ripetersi, a farsi eterno; la disgrazia e l'ingiustizia costituiscono un ambiente originario e immanente per l'eroe di Malamud, un teatro nel quale recitare una parte ineludibile e dove cercare una evoluzione che sia liberazione dal senso di colpa e di vergogna, che connota l'essere ebreo e pi霉 radicalmente l'essere diverso, l'essere singolo soggetto non conforme n茅 adattabile all'avidit脿 e alla distruttivit脿 del reale. Il romanzo si ispira a un fatto di cronaca del 1911, l'antisemitismo diffuso che condusse la Russia zarista a accusare e imprigionare l'ebreo ucraino Mendel Beilis per l'omicidio di un bambino a scopi religiosi e rituali (il processo, non narrato, si concluse con l'assoluzione). L'immaginazione di Malamud crea un'esperienza di parola irripetibile all'interno di una tradizione che va da Giobbe a Kafka alla tradizione yiddish: 猫 sempre l'uomo che soffre al centro della storia e l'individuo in prigione diviene simbolo di uno stato metafisico, di una corporeit脿 innocente, vincolata e offesa, mai riconosciuta. Cos矛 la vita di Yakov Bok consegna al lettore un'allegoria esistenziale, il viaggio di un'anima al cospetto di un'entit脿 che rispecchia un potere onnipotente e ultraterreno nella sua delirante inalterabilit脿, univocit脿 di posizione e prepotente violenza. Non c'猫 spazio per il dissimile, non c'猫 luogo per il vero perch茅 猫 necessario placare la ferocia della persecuzione e della discriminazione, il desiderio illimitato di mettere sotto processo e annientare l'altro, che rappresenta il personaggio che contiene il disconosciuto, il negato e il rimosso. Per questo l'unica via percorribile 猫 il cambiamento effettivo, la redenzione tramite la rielaborazione concreta, l'attesa di un evento fisico di salvezza, persino il sogno di una rivolta contro il tiranno, la conquista della libert脿 attraverso un calvario dietro al quale si intuisce un esito positivo. Per lo scrittore newyorchese resistere al dolore comporta trovare una sorta di silenziosa quiete, un sentimento equilibrato di inspiegabile sollievo, che somiglia alla felicit脿 mai concessa alla moltitudine, eterna promessa e fonte di tormento. Malamud racconta bene come siamo composti di paure irrazionali e memoria ostinata e quanto profonda possa rivelarsi la nostra solitudine; la sua scrittura meravigliosa e implacabile esprime pienamente e con compassione l'essenza umana, quell'errare dentro di s茅, nella nostra sostanza paradossale e nella nostra estraneit脿 indicibile e minacciosa. Cos矛 la volont脿 da opzione arbitraria acquisisce il carattere di una continuit脿 di destino e di scelta. Perch茅 non lottare per rimanere se stessi?
L'uomo di Kiev vinse il Pulitzer e il National Book Award, il secondo per Malamud dopo quello ottenuto per i racconti superlativi de Il Barile Magico. Ed 猫 un romanzo eccezionale, rappresenta una vetta sublime e inimitabile nel mondo della letteratura contemporanea. Nel romanzo, sofferenza e umiliazione sono raccontate come condizioni universali e ineluttabili, il dolore si percepisce come una porta per la maturazione, il riscatto e la consapevolezza. La tragedia individuale viene vissuta come mito collettivo, rituale che tende a ripetersi, a farsi eterno; la disgrazia e l'ingiustizia costituiscono un ambiente originario e immanente per l'eroe di Malamud, un teatro nel quale recitare una parte ineludibile e dove cercare una evoluzione che sia liberazione dal senso di colpa e di vergogna, che connota l'essere ebreo e pi霉 radicalmente l'essere diverso, l'essere singolo soggetto non conforme n茅 adattabile all'avidit脿 e alla distruttivit脿 del reale. Il romanzo si ispira a un fatto di cronaca del 1911, l'antisemitismo diffuso che condusse la Russia zarista a accusare e imprigionare l'ebreo ucraino Mendel Beilis per l'omicidio di un bambino a scopi religiosi e rituali (il processo, non narrato, si concluse con l'assoluzione). L'immaginazione di Malamud crea un'esperienza di parola irripetibile all'interno di una tradizione che va da Giobbe a Kafka alla tradizione yiddish: 猫 sempre l'uomo che soffre al centro della storia e l'individuo in prigione diviene simbolo di uno stato metafisico, di una corporeit脿 innocente, vincolata e offesa, mai riconosciuta. Cos矛 la vita di Yakov Bok consegna al lettore un'allegoria esistenziale, il viaggio di un'anima al cospetto di un'entit脿 che rispecchia un potere onnipotente e ultraterreno nella sua delirante inalterabilit脿, univocit脿 di posizione e prepotente violenza. Non c'猫 spazio per il dissimile, non c'猫 luogo per il vero perch茅 猫 necessario placare la ferocia della persecuzione e della discriminazione, il desiderio illimitato di mettere sotto processo e annientare l'altro, che rappresenta il personaggio che contiene il disconosciuto, il negato e il rimosso. Per questo l'unica via percorribile 猫 il cambiamento effettivo, la redenzione tramite la rielaborazione concreta, l'attesa di un evento fisico di salvezza, persino il sogno di una rivolta contro il tiranno, la conquista della libert脿 attraverso un calvario dietro al quale si intuisce un esito positivo. Per lo scrittore newyorchese resistere al dolore comporta trovare una sorta di silenziosa quiete, un sentimento equilibrato di inspiegabile sollievo, che somiglia alla felicit脿 mai concessa alla moltitudine, eterna promessa e fonte di tormento. Malamud racconta bene come siamo composti di paure irrazionali e memoria ostinata e quanto profonda possa rivelarsi la nostra solitudine; la sua scrittura meravigliosa e implacabile esprime pienamente e con compassione l'essenza umana, quell'errare dentro di s茅, nella nostra sostanza paradossale e nella nostra estraneit脿 indicibile e minacciosa. Cos矛 la volont脿 da opzione arbitraria acquisisce il carattere di una continuit脿 di destino e di scelta. Perch茅 non lottare per rimanere se stessi?
September 18, 2017
I am going to start with some quotes. Taste them, enjoy them and then roll them around in your head.
鈥�If I have any philosophy鈥�, said Yakov Bok, 鈥�it is that life could be better than it is.鈥�
鈥�One thing I鈥檝e learned", he thought, "there鈥檚 no such thing as an unpolitical man, especially a Jew. You can鈥檛 be one without the other, that鈥檚 clear enough. You can鈥檛 sit still and see yourself destroyed.鈥�
Yakov reflects as he goes to his trial, 鈥�What is it Spinoza says? If the state acts in ways that are abhorrent to human nature it鈥檚 the lesser evil to destroy it. Death to the anti-Semites! Long live revolution!鈥�
In discussing Spinoza the investigating magistrate asks Yakov how one can achieve freedom if all life is bound by 鈥淣ecessity鈥� (determinism). Yakov replies, 鈥�That's in your thought, your honor, if your thought is in God. That's if you believe in this kind of God; that's if you reason it out. It's as if a man flies over his own head on the wings of reason, or some such thing. You join the universe and forget your worries.鈥�
This book is an intense, gripping depiction of discrimination of the Jews in Czarist Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. It is based on the incarceration of Menahem Mendel Beilis, which eventually lead to trial in 1913. We are given a fictionization of the arrest and two and half years in prison awaiting trial. In the fictional account, the imprisoned Jew is Yakov Bok, apolitical, a freethinker and unreligious. He is your Everyman. He has left his wife, his father in law and the shtetl, all that had ever been home. Six years married, still no child and his wife has left him for a lover. In Kiev, he hopes to make something of himself, but it is in Kiev that he is accused of killing and draining blood from a Christian child. It is Passover and the blood is supposedly a necessary ingredient for the holiday matzos. He is accused of ritual murder. That he has rejected Judaism and that he declares himself to be a freethinker is discounted. The truth is if it were not him another Jew would have been accused. He was there, at the wrong place and at the wrong time, and he is Jewish by birth. It is his treatment during incarceration that is so intense and so gripping. It is brutal and in no way an easy read.
Yakov鈥檚 mental and psychological transformation is the second element of the story. Here ugly horror is balanced by hope. Maybe鈥�.. Spinoza is brought into the context of the story over and over again. Yakov is no philosopher. He is just your ordinary man trying, if only marginally, to improve himself. He had come across the Spinoza book at a flea market, and picked it up for a kopek. A wasted kopek most probably, but then he started reading and it made a place in his thoughts most definitely! He is struggling to make sense of life. In prison forces are physically and mentally annihilating him. Conversely, he is struggling to cope and to find a reason for living. See what I have underlined in the last quote above.
I might say that the story goes on a bit too long. Hallucinations at the book鈥檚 end detract from the story鈥檚 believability and impact. They are too clever, too after-the-fact.
The book is about racism and prejudicial discrimination. It is not really philosophical, but you watch how philosophy changes Yakov. The telling is matter of fact, down to earth, but intense.
The narration of the audiobook, by Victor Bevine, is very well done. I had no problem following any of the lines.
Punlished in 1966, won both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award for fiction. Menahem Mendel Beilis鈥� descendants claim that Malamud had plagiarized the English edition of their memoir. See . It can be difficult to separate source material and creative innovation. Views differ.
鈥�If I have any philosophy鈥�, said Yakov Bok, 鈥�it is that life could be better than it is.鈥�
鈥�One thing I鈥檝e learned", he thought, "there鈥檚 no such thing as an unpolitical man, especially a Jew. You can鈥檛 be one without the other, that鈥檚 clear enough. You can鈥檛 sit still and see yourself destroyed.鈥�
Yakov reflects as he goes to his trial, 鈥�What is it Spinoza says? If the state acts in ways that are abhorrent to human nature it鈥檚 the lesser evil to destroy it. Death to the anti-Semites! Long live revolution!鈥�
In discussing Spinoza the investigating magistrate asks Yakov how one can achieve freedom if all life is bound by 鈥淣ecessity鈥� (determinism). Yakov replies, 鈥�That's in your thought, your honor, if your thought is in God. That's if you believe in this kind of God; that's if you reason it out. It's as if a man flies over his own head on the wings of reason, or some such thing. You join the universe and forget your worries.鈥�
This book is an intense, gripping depiction of discrimination of the Jews in Czarist Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. It is based on the incarceration of Menahem Mendel Beilis, which eventually lead to trial in 1913. We are given a fictionization of the arrest and two and half years in prison awaiting trial. In the fictional account, the imprisoned Jew is Yakov Bok, apolitical, a freethinker and unreligious. He is your Everyman. He has left his wife, his father in law and the shtetl, all that had ever been home. Six years married, still no child and his wife has left him for a lover. In Kiev, he hopes to make something of himself, but it is in Kiev that he is accused of killing and draining blood from a Christian child. It is Passover and the blood is supposedly a necessary ingredient for the holiday matzos. He is accused of ritual murder. That he has rejected Judaism and that he declares himself to be a freethinker is discounted. The truth is if it were not him another Jew would have been accused. He was there, at the wrong place and at the wrong time, and he is Jewish by birth. It is his treatment during incarceration that is so intense and so gripping. It is brutal and in no way an easy read.
Yakov鈥檚 mental and psychological transformation is the second element of the story. Here ugly horror is balanced by hope. Maybe鈥�.. Spinoza is brought into the context of the story over and over again. Yakov is no philosopher. He is just your ordinary man trying, if only marginally, to improve himself. He had come across the Spinoza book at a flea market, and picked it up for a kopek. A wasted kopek most probably, but then he started reading and it made a place in his thoughts most definitely! He is struggling to make sense of life. In prison forces are physically and mentally annihilating him. Conversely, he is struggling to cope and to find a reason for living. See what I have underlined in the last quote above.
I might say that the story goes on a bit too long. Hallucinations at the book鈥檚 end detract from the story鈥檚 believability and impact. They are too clever, too after-the-fact.
The book is about racism and prejudicial discrimination. It is not really philosophical, but you watch how philosophy changes Yakov. The telling is matter of fact, down to earth, but intense.
The narration of the audiobook, by Victor Bevine, is very well done. I had no problem following any of the lines.
Punlished in 1966, won both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award for fiction. Menahem Mendel Beilis鈥� descendants claim that Malamud had plagiarized the English edition of their memoir. See . It can be difficult to separate source material and creative innovation. Views differ.
April 28, 2018
kissing this book goodbye from my real book-shelves ... probably my fault that I didn't quite see the artistic depths of the novel.
The is a Pulitzer prize winning novel. I found it a very depressing read. It tells a story that, in its historical setting, is believable. The main character is a victim of circumstances, for which we feel sympathy, and even horror when we reflect on the fate that befalls men. But he is not actually very likable. All of these things are good, or at worst, not bad.
I just skimmed through the last 60 pages of the book, perhaps I will change my mind about it at some point. But for now, the one thing that I dislike about the book is its resolution. Perhaps very artistic, but it seemed to me that Malamud finally couldn't decide how he wanted to end the book, and just stopped writing. (So, I wanted to keep reading this depressing and horrifying tale. Strange!) If not for this I would give the book 5 stars.
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The is a Pulitzer prize winning novel. I found it a very depressing read. It tells a story that, in its historical setting, is believable. The main character is a victim of circumstances, for which we feel sympathy, and even horror when we reflect on the fate that befalls men. But he is not actually very likable. All of these things are good, or at worst, not bad.
I just skimmed through the last 60 pages of the book, perhaps I will change my mind about it at some point. But for now, the one thing that I dislike about the book is its resolution. Perhaps very artistic, but it seemed to me that Malamud finally couldn't decide how he wanted to end the book, and just stopped writing. (So, I wanted to keep reading this depressing and horrifying tale. Strange!) If not for this I would give the book 5 stars.
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Previous review: Look Homeward Angel
Next review: The Portable Faulkner
More recent review: The European Mind, 1690-1715
Previous library review: Wicked the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Next library review: A Canticle for Leibowitz classic post-holocaust SF
April 26, 2020
Un caso Dreyfus in salsa russa.
Pubblicato nel 1966, ripercorre un tragico caso realmente accaduto in Russia nel 1911.
E' l'epoca pre-rivoluzionaria: un fermento di movimenti incitano a rovesciare il potere imperiale e Nicola II difende l'autorit脿 zarista con provvedimenti sempre pi霉 reazionari.
In una societ脿 ed un'epoca schiava di fanatismi e pregiudizi, la terrificante minaccia di un pogrom si fa sempre pi霉 concreta.
Yakov si ritrova suo malgrado nel ruolo di burattino: invisibili mani tirano i fili per manovrare a loro piacimento l'infuocata scena politica.
A nulla vale il suo dichiararsi innocente.
A nulla vale il suo dichiararsi libero pensatore, seguace di Spinoza ed estraneo ad ogni pratica religiosa.
Yakov ricorda il biblico Giobbe nella sofferenza a cui 猫 sottoposto:
il tormento di chi 猫 innocente che deve lavare le colpe dei padri.
Tuttavia, a differenza del patriarca biblico egli non intende tollerare.
Non ha nessuna fede da preservare, non c'猫 nessun Dio con cui riconciliarsi.
鈥漃er vincere una stupida scommessa col diavolo Dio ha ucciso tutti i servi e i figlioletti innocenti di Giobbe. Lo odio solo per questo, non dico poi per i diecimila pogrom. (鈥�) credimi, non 猫 facile essere un libero pensatore in questa terribile cella. Lo dico senza orgoglio e senza gioia. Pure, l'uomo deve contare su quel poco di ragione che ha.鈥�
Due elementi principali percorrono il romanzo:
鈥� la strenua difesa della dignit脿 come essere umano e della libert脿 del proprio pensiero;
鈥� un'estrema sensazione di solitudine che in un climax ascendente arriva a toccare il fondo della disperazione.
In quest'ottica, Malamud non parla solo di un uomo e della sua tragica storia ma dell'uomo moderno e dell'umanit脿 tutta che lotta per poter essere libera:
鈥漄uando non leggeva, Yakov scriveva dei piccoli saggi su vari argomenti. "Io vivo nella storia, - scrisse, eppure, non ci sono dentro. In un certo senso, sono molto al di fuori, la storia mi passa accanto. 脠 un bene, o 猫 una deficienza del mio carattere? Che domanda! 脠 una deficienza mia, naturalmente, ma che cosa posso farci? Meglio rimanere al nostro posto, a meno di aver qualcosa da dare alla storia, come Spinoza, ad esempio, da quel che ho letto della sua vita. Lui capiva la storia, anche perch茅 aveva idee da darle. Non si pu貌 bruciare un'idea, anche se si brucia l'uomo.鈥�
Pubblicato nel 1966, ripercorre un tragico caso realmente accaduto in Russia nel 1911.
E' l'epoca pre-rivoluzionaria: un fermento di movimenti incitano a rovesciare il potere imperiale e Nicola II difende l'autorit脿 zarista con provvedimenti sempre pi霉 reazionari.
In una societ脿 ed un'epoca schiava di fanatismi e pregiudizi, la terrificante minaccia di un pogrom si fa sempre pi霉 concreta.
Yakov si ritrova suo malgrado nel ruolo di burattino: invisibili mani tirano i fili per manovrare a loro piacimento l'infuocata scena politica.
A nulla vale il suo dichiararsi innocente.
A nulla vale il suo dichiararsi libero pensatore, seguace di Spinoza ed estraneo ad ogni pratica religiosa.
Yakov ricorda il biblico Giobbe nella sofferenza a cui 猫 sottoposto:
il tormento di chi 猫 innocente che deve lavare le colpe dei padri.
Tuttavia, a differenza del patriarca biblico egli non intende tollerare.
Non ha nessuna fede da preservare, non c'猫 nessun Dio con cui riconciliarsi.
鈥漃er vincere una stupida scommessa col diavolo Dio ha ucciso tutti i servi e i figlioletti innocenti di Giobbe. Lo odio solo per questo, non dico poi per i diecimila pogrom. (鈥�) credimi, non 猫 facile essere un libero pensatore in questa terribile cella. Lo dico senza orgoglio e senza gioia. Pure, l'uomo deve contare su quel poco di ragione che ha.鈥�
Due elementi principali percorrono il romanzo:
鈥� la strenua difesa della dignit脿 come essere umano e della libert脿 del proprio pensiero;
鈥� un'estrema sensazione di solitudine che in un climax ascendente arriva a toccare il fondo della disperazione.
In quest'ottica, Malamud non parla solo di un uomo e della sua tragica storia ma dell'uomo moderno e dell'umanit脿 tutta che lotta per poter essere libera:
鈥漄uando non leggeva, Yakov scriveva dei piccoli saggi su vari argomenti. "Io vivo nella storia, - scrisse, eppure, non ci sono dentro. In un certo senso, sono molto al di fuori, la storia mi passa accanto. 脠 un bene, o 猫 una deficienza del mio carattere? Che domanda! 脠 una deficienza mia, naturalmente, ma che cosa posso farci? Meglio rimanere al nostro posto, a meno di aver qualcosa da dare alla storia, come Spinoza, ad esempio, da quel che ho letto della sua vita. Lui capiva la storia, anche perch茅 aveva idee da darle. Non si pu貌 bruciare un'idea, anche se si brucia l'uomo.鈥�
November 14, 2015
"If I have any philosophy, it's that life could be better than it is."
"What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering."
What can I possibly add to this? Read it for yourself. I highly recommend it, but it may not be for the faint of heart.
"What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering."
What can I possibly add to this? Read it for yourself. I highly recommend it, but it may not be for the faint of heart.
May 26, 2019
螔蟻委蟽魏蠅 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠀蟿苇位蔚喂伪 蟺慰蠀 渭慰蠀 伪蟻苇蟽蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蠅 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 渭慰蠀 谓伪 纬蟻维蠄蠅 蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚 渭蔚蟿苇蠁蔚蟻蔚 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 魏伪喂 蠈蟽伪 纬苇谓谓畏蟽蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 蠄蠀蠂萎 渭慰蠀, 伪位位维 谓伪 蟿伪 纬蟻维蠄蠅 蟽蟿慰 蟽蠅蟽蟿蠈 蠂蟻蠈谓慰. 螒蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蔚蟺喂位慰纬萎 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 蠁苇蟿慰蟼. 螡伪 尾喂蠋蟽蠅 蟿慰谓 伪蟺蠈畏蠂慰 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟿维 谓伪 蔚魏蠁蟻伪蟽蟿蠋. 违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 苇谓伪 慰蟻喂伪魏蠈 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪位伪尾伪委谓蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 蟽蔚 蟽蟿喂纬渭维蟿喂蟽蔚 魏伪喂 蟿喂 蠈蠂喂 魏伪喂 蟺蠈蟽慰 渭蔚纬维位畏 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 伪谓维纬魏畏 谓伪 渭喂位萎蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈.
螙慰蠉渭蔚 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蔚魏蟺蟿蠋蟽蔚蠅谓 纬喂伪蟿委 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 苇魏伪谓蔚 蟿慰谓 魏蠉魏位慰 蟿畏蟼, 蟺维纬蠅蟽伪谓 慰喂 渭谓萎渭蔚蟼 魏伪喂 苇纬喂谓伪谓 蟽畏渭蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 蔚魏未畏位蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚胃谓喂魏苇蟼 蔚慰蟻蟿苇蟼. 螝喂 蔚渭蔚委蟼 尉蔚蠂维蟽伪渭蔚, 尉蔚蠂谓维渭蔚 未喂伪蟻魏蠋蟼. 螝伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂. 螒位位维味慰蠀谓 慰喂 蟿蠈蟺慰喂, 伪位位维味慰蠀谓 慰喂 蔚蟺慰蠂苇蟼, 未蔚谓 伪位位维味蔚喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼. 螚 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟼, 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟺维蟻伪 蟺慰位蠉 蟽蟺维谓喂慰. 螖蔚 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 谓伪 蟿畏谓 魏蠀谓畏纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蠈,蟿喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂蟼. 螖蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽蠀谓蟿伪纬萎 魏伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 伪谓伪蟺伪蟻维纬蔚蟿伪喂. 螛伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂 蠈蟿伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 谓伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂. 螠蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 渭蠈谓慰 谓伪 味蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟽慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蠄畏蟼 蟿畏蟼, 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 苇蟽尾畏蟽蔚 蟺喂伪. 螡伪 蟿畏谓 蟿喂渭维蟼 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰. 螌渭蠅蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蠁蟿喂伪纬渭苇谓慰喂 ( 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 蟺位伪蟽渭苇谓慰喂 ) 苇蟿蟽喂. 螖蔚 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈渭慰蟻蠁慰, 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈, 蟿慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰. 螁蟻伪 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蠈,蟿喂 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺喂伪 慰 蟽蟿蠈蠂慰蟼. 螝伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蔚渭蟺蠈未喂伪. 螝伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 伪谓蟿喂尉慰蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂蟽畏. 螔位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 魏维蟺慰蠀 伪位位慰蠉 蟿慰 蠂维未喂 蟿畏蟼, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰渭慰喂慰纬苇谓蔚喂伪, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 未苇蟽喂渭慰, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蠀渭维蟻蔚喂伪 蟽蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蔚委蠂谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟿畏谓 蔚魏蟿喂渭慰蠉谓 魏伪喂 味畏位蔚蠉慰蠀渭蔚, 胃苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿慰 蟺维蟻慰蠀渭蔚 蠈位慰 伪蠀蟿蠈. 螛苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟻伪蟽蟿慰蠉渭蔚. 螛苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓. 螝伪喂 渭蠈谓畏 位蠉蟽畏 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈, 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蠀蟺蔚蟻委蟽蠂蠀蟽畏. 螝伪喂 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠅蟼 魏喂 维位位慰喂 谓喂蠋胃慰蠀谓 苇蟿蟽喂, 纬喂谓蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟺慰位位慰委. 韦慰蠀蟼 蔚魏蟿慰蟺委味慰蠀渭蔚, 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蟺伪蟻谓喂蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚, 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽魏慰蟿蠋谓慰蠀渭蔚 慰位慰苇谓伪 魏伪喂 蟺喂慰 蟺慰位蠉.
螘委谓伪喂 蟺伪喂未喂维 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬慰谓蔚委蟼 蟿慰蠀 围委蟿位蔚蟻. 螣 围委蟿位蔚蟻 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 蠁伪喂谓蠈渭蔚谓慰 渭喂伪蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼, 萎蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰蟿苇位蔚蟽渭伪 渭喂伪蟼 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 畏 蟽蠁蟻伪纬委未伪 蟿畏蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 渭伪味委 慰 螝伪渭蠉 魏伪喂 慰 危慰蟺蔚谓维慰蠀蔚蟻, 萎蟿伪谓 慰 危蟺喂谓蠈味伪 魏伪喂 慰 螝喂蟻纬魏蔚纬魏蠋蟻. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 危伪蟻蟿蟻 魏伪喂 慰 韦蟽喂蠈蟻伪谓. 螇蟿伪谓, 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟿慰喂渭维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 尉伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓畏胃蔚委 伪蟺蠈 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂维 蟽蔚 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂维. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 螠蟺蟻慰蠂 魏伪喂 萎蟿伪谓 慰 危蟿委蟻谓蔚蟻. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 螢蔚谓蠈蟺慰蠀位慰蟼 魏伪喂 慰 螤慰位蠀位维蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 畏 魏蟻蠀渭渭苇谓畏 味萎位蔚喂伪, 萎蟿伪谓 慰 蠁伪谓蔚蟻蠈蟼 蠈蠂位慰蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 伪蟺苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 未蔚 蟽慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 蟺喂伪, 纬喂伪蟿委 蔚魏蔚委谓慰蟼 蟺萎蟻蔚 魏伪喂谓慰蠉蟻纬喂慰 伪蠀蟿慰魏委谓畏蟿慰 魏喂 蔚蟽蠉 蠂伪渭慰纬蔚位维蟼 渭鈥� 苇谓伪 蠂苇蟻喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 未喂魏蠈 蟽慰蠀. 螇蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 渭伪渭维 蟺慰蠀 蟿蟻苇蠂蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 魏伪蟻蠈蟿蟽喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺维蟻魏喂谓 蟿慰蠀 蟽慰蠉蟺蔚蟻 渭维蟻魏蔚蟿 魏喂 畏 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蠁蟿蠀蟽蟿萎, 纬蔚位维蔚喂 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 渭蠈谓慰 蟿伪 蟺伪喂未喂维 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉谓 魏喂 蔚纬蠋 蟺蔚蟻谓维蠅 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 苇蠂蠅 蟺伪喂未喂维 魏伪喂 未蔚 胃伪 伪蟺慰魏蟿萎蟽蠅. 螇蟿伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂.
螙慰蠉渭蔚 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蔚魏蟺蟿蠋蟽蔚蠅谓 纬喂伪蟿委 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 苇魏伪谓蔚 蟿慰谓 魏蠉魏位慰 蟿畏蟼, 蟺维纬蠅蟽伪谓 慰喂 渭谓萎渭蔚蟼 魏伪喂 苇纬喂谓伪谓 蟽畏渭蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 蔚魏未畏位蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 蔚胃谓喂魏苇蟼 蔚慰蟻蟿苇蟼. 螝喂 蔚渭蔚委蟼 尉蔚蠂维蟽伪渭蔚, 尉蔚蠂谓维渭蔚 未喂伪蟻魏蠋蟼. 螝伪喂 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂. 螒位位维味慰蠀谓 慰喂 蟿蠈蟺慰喂, 伪位位维味慰蠀谓 慰喂 蔚蟺慰蠂苇蟼, 未蔚谓 伪位位维味蔚喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼. 螚 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟼, 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟺维蟻伪 蟺慰位蠉 蟽蟺维谓喂慰. 螖蔚 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 谓伪 蟿畏谓 魏蠀谓畏纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蠈,蟿喂 魏伪喂 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂蟼. 螖蔚谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽蠀谓蟿伪纬萎 魏伪喂 慰蠉蟿蔚 伪谓伪蟺伪蟻维纬蔚蟿伪喂. 螛伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂 蠈蟿伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 谓伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂. 螠蟺慰蟻蔚委蟼 渭蠈谓慰 谓伪 味蔚喂蟼 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟽慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蠄畏蟼 蟿畏蟼, 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿畏 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 苇蟽尾畏蟽蔚 蟺喂伪. 螡伪 蟿畏谓 蟿喂渭维蟼 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰. 螌渭蠅蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蠁蟿喂伪纬渭苇谓慰喂 ( 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 蟺位伪蟽渭苇谓慰喂 ) 苇蟿蟽喂. 螖蔚 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈渭慰蟻蠁慰, 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈, 蟿慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰. 螁蟻伪 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蠈,蟿喂 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺喂伪 慰 蟽蟿蠈蠂慰蟼. 螝伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蔚渭蟺蠈未喂伪. 螝伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 伪谓蟿喂尉慰蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂蟽畏. 螔位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 魏维蟺慰蠀 伪位位慰蠉 蟿慰 蠂维未喂 蟿畏蟼, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰渭慰喂慰纬苇谓蔚喂伪, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 未苇蟽喂渭慰, 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 畏 蔚蠀渭维蟻蔚喂伪 蟽蔚 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蔚委蠂谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 渭畏谓 蟿畏谓 蔚魏蟿喂渭慰蠉谓 魏伪喂 味畏位蔚蠉慰蠀渭蔚, 胃苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿慰 蟺维蟻慰蠀渭蔚 蠈位慰 伪蠀蟿蠈. 螛苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟻伪蟽蟿慰蠉渭蔚. 螛苇位慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇蠂慰蠀谓. 螝伪喂 渭蠈谓畏 位蠉蟽畏 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿蠈, 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蠀蟺蔚蟻委蟽蠂蠀蟽畏. 螝伪喂 尾位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟺蠅蟼 魏喂 维位位慰喂 谓喂蠋胃慰蠀谓 苇蟿蟽喂, 纬喂谓蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟺慰位位慰委. 韦慰蠀蟼 蔚魏蟿慰蟺委味慰蠀渭蔚, 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蟺伪蟻谓喂蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚, 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽魏慰蟿蠋谓慰蠀渭蔚 慰位慰苇谓伪 魏伪喂 蟺喂慰 蟺慰位蠉.
螘委谓伪喂 蟺伪喂未喂维 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬慰谓蔚委蟼 蟿慰蠀 围委蟿位蔚蟻. 螣 围委蟿位蔚蟻 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 蠁伪喂谓蠈渭蔚谓慰 渭喂伪蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼, 萎蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰蟿苇位蔚蟽渭伪 渭喂伪蟼 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 畏 蟽蠁蟻伪纬委未伪 蟿畏蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 渭伪味委 慰 螝伪渭蠉 魏伪喂 慰 危慰蟺蔚谓维慰蠀蔚蟻, 萎蟿伪谓 慰 危蟺喂谓蠈味伪 魏伪喂 慰 螝喂蟻纬魏蔚纬魏蠋蟻. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 危伪蟻蟿蟻 魏伪喂 慰 韦蟽喂蠈蟻伪谓. 螇蟿伪谓, 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟿慰喂渭维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 尉伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓畏胃蔚委 伪蟺蠈 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂维 蟽蔚 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂维. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 螠蟺蟻慰蠂 魏伪喂 萎蟿伪谓 慰 危蟿委蟻谓蔚蟻. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 螢蔚谓蠈蟺慰蠀位慰蟼 魏伪喂 慰 螤慰位蠀位维蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 畏 魏蟻蠀渭渭苇谓畏 味萎位蔚喂伪, 萎蟿伪谓 慰 蠁伪谓蔚蟻蠈蟼 蠈蠂位慰蟼. 螇蟿伪谓 慰 伪蟺苇谓伪谓蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 未蔚 蟽慰蠀 渭喂位维蔚喂 蟺喂伪, 纬喂伪蟿委 蔚魏蔚委谓慰蟼 蟺萎蟻蔚 魏伪喂谓慰蠉蟻纬喂慰 伪蠀蟿慰魏委谓畏蟿慰 魏喂 蔚蟽蠉 蠂伪渭慰纬蔚位维蟼 渭鈥� 苇谓伪 蠂苇蟻喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 未喂魏蠈 蟽慰蠀. 螇蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 渭伪渭维 蟺慰蠀 蟿蟻苇蠂蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 魏伪蟻蠈蟿蟽喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺维蟻魏喂谓 蟿慰蠀 蟽慰蠉蟺蔚蟻 渭维蟻魏蔚蟿 魏喂 畏 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蠁蟿蠀蟽蟿萎, 纬蔚位维蔚喂 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 渭蠈谓慰 蟿伪 蟺伪喂未喂维 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉谓 魏喂 蔚纬蠋 蟺蔚蟻谓维蠅 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 未蔚谓 苇蠂蠅 蟺伪喂未喂维 魏伪喂 未蔚 胃伪 伪蟺慰魏蟿萎蟽蠅. 螇蟿伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂.
December 31, 2020
Ce l'ho fatta. L'ho finito sugli sgoccioli di questo dannato 2020. Che storia tremenda, di prigionia e ingiustizia, ultrakafkiana. Yakov Bok il Giobbe miscredente che non cede anche se cade, non si piega anche se si piaga. La scrittura di Malamud che ti attanaglia, nuda e fredda come quella cella dove langui per centinaia di pagine. Quale terribile, meravigliosa sofferenza questa lettura. Purificante nel suo portato di nequizia.
February 13, 2022
螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 畏 蔚尉苇位喂尉畏, 慰喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿蔚蟼 魏伪喂 慰 萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蔚蟺蔚魏蟿蔚委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺慰 魏维胃蔚 蟽蠉谓慰蟻慰 , 魏慰蟽渭喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蔚尉蠅魏慰蟽渭喂魏蠈. 螒谓伪蟺畏未维 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 蟺伪蟻蔚位胃蠈谓 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蠈谓 渭蔚 蟽蠀谓蔚喂蟻渭喂魏维 蟽魏苇蠄蔚蠅谓 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂谓慰畏渭苇谓蔚蟼 伪谓伪渭谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 萎 伪位畏胃喂谓苇蟼 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼,尾喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼.
螌位伪 渭伪味委 蟺蟻慰蠅胃慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂魏伪喂蟻慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 魏伪胃慰位喂魏萎 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪. 螆谓伪 胃位喂尾蔚蟻蠈 魏伪喂 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
螣 蟺慰位蠀蟺伪胃萎蟼 蟿蔚蠂谓委蟿畏蟼, 慰 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 尾伪蟽伪谓喂蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 魏伪蟿维蠁慰蟻畏蟼 伪未喂魏委伪蟼 苇味畏蟽蔚 魏伪喂 渭伪蟻蟿蠉蟻畏蟽蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 蟿蟽伪蟻喂魏萎 巍蠅蟽委伪 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 1905-1908 蠈蟿伪谓 苇谓伪 魏蠉渭伪 伪谓蟿喂蟽畏渭喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉 蟽维蟻蠅谓蔚 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽伪蟻蟿畏渭苇谓畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 螣蠀魏蟻伪谓委伪蟼.
螣 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟺维渭蟺蟿蠅蠂慰蟼 渭维蟻蟿蠀蟻伪蟼, 苇谓伪蟼 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺伪喂未喂维, 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪. 螒蟺蔚渭蟺慰位蔚委 蟿畏谓 蔚尾蟻伪蠆魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 谓伪 蔚蟻纬伪蟽蟿蔚委 蟽蔚 维纬谓蠅蟽蟿慰 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 蠄蔚蠉蟿喂魏伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 蟿伪蠀蟿慰蟺慰委畏蟽畏蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 慰未蠀谓畏蟻萎 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀.
螣 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺蔚蠉蔚喂 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 螘尾蟻伪委慰蠀蟼, 蟿畏 蠁蠀位萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪蟻伪渭苇谓畏 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠂蠅蟻慰蠂蟻蠈谓慰蠀蟼.
螢伪蠁谓喂魏维 魏伪喂 伪蟺蟻蠈蟽魏慰蟺蟿伪 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏萎 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 渭喂魏蟻慰蠉 巍蠋蟽慰蠀.
螞苇纬蔚蟿伪喂 蠈蟿喂 慰喂 螘尾蟻伪委慰喂 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏蠈 伪委渭伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚蠀蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬委蔚蟼 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃慰蠉谓 谓伪 蠀蟺慰谓慰渭蔚蠉蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰 魏蟻维蟿慰蟼.
螠苇蟽蠅 伪蠀蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀魏慰蠁伪谓蟿委伪蟼 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼,魏伪喂 蠁喂位慰蟽慰蠁委伪蟼 魏伪喂 渭伪蟽慰谓喂魏萎蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 蠈位伪 蟿伪 未蔚喂谓维 蟿畏蟼 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎蟼 魏慰喂谓蠅谓委伪蟼 蟺蔚蟻谓维谓蔚 蟽蟿慰 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻畏蟿萎蟻喂慰 蟿慰蠀 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪.
螌蟿伪谓 蠁蠀位伪魏委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻维谓慰渭伪 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟻畏蟽蟿喂魏维 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺慰 魏维胃蔚 谓蠈渭慰 魏伪喂 胃蔚蟽渭蠈 未喂魏伪喂慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼 蠈位畏 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 畏 魏慰喂谓蠅谓委伪, 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蟻伪蟿慰蠉渭蔚谓慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀, 渭苇蟽蠅 蟿蠅谓 未蔚蟽渭慰蠁蠀位维魏蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蔚喂蟽伪纬纬蔚位苇蠅谓 蟿慰蠀, 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿慰谓 韦蟽维蟻慰, 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚谓蠅渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪未委魏畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰 渭委蟽慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螠维蟽蟿慰蟻伪
螝伪魏慰渭蔚蟿伪蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂, 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂, 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未畏位畏蟿畏蟻喂维蟽慰蠀谓, 魏伪喂 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 渭畏蠂伪谓慰蟻蟻伪蠁委蔚蟼 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃萎蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟿慰谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 蠀蟺慰纬蟻维蠄蔚喂 渭喂伪 慰渭慰位慰纬委伪. 螤伪蟻维 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟽喂伪魏苇蟼 魏蟻委蟽蔚喂蟼 伪蠀蟿慰-蟿喂渭蠅蟻委伪蟼 慰 蔚蟿慰喂渭慰胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蠁蠀位伪魏喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 蔚蟺喂渭苇谓蔚喂 谓伪 未喂伪渭伪蟻蟿蠉蟻蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪胃蠅蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀.
螖蔚渭苇谓慰蟼 渭蔚 蟽喂未蔚蟻苇谓喂蔚蟼 伪位蠀蟽委未蔚蟼 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 渭畏 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺苇蟿蟻喂谓慰 魏蟻蔚尾维蟿喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏伪胃委蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 未喂维蟻魏蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 畏渭苇蟻伪蟼. 韦畏 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 伪位蠀蟽委未蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽魏蔚蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 纬蠀渭谓蠈蟼, 尾蟻蠈渭喂魏慰蟼, 蟺位畏纬喂伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼, 蟺伪纬蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿喂蟼 蟺慰位喂魏苇蟼 胃蔚蟻渭慰魏蟻伪蟽委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 胃蔚慰谓萎蟽蟿喂魏慰蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 谓伪 魏慰喂渭畏胃蔚委 渭萎蟺蠅蟼 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蠉蠂畏 蟿畏蟼 位蠉蟿蟻蠅蟽畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀.
螖蠀慰 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 渭蔚蟿维, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟽蟿畏谓 巍蠅蟽委伪 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未维蔚喂 魏伪胃伪蟻维 魏伪喂 蠈渭慰蟻蠁伪. 螚 未委魏畏 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰 蟿蠅谓 蟺蠀位蠋谓 畏 魏伪蟿伪未委魏畏 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻畏, 畏 伪胃蠋蠅蟽畏 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚未蔚喂纬渭苇谓畏.
螠喂伪 慰蟻纬喂伪蟽蟿喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁蠀蟺谓委味蔚喂 蟿伪 蔚魏未喂魏畏蟿喂魏维 苇谓蟽蟿喂魏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟽蠀纬魏喂谓畏蟽喂伪魏萎 蠁蠈蟻蟿喂蟽畏 魏维胃蔚 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蔚渭谓慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
螌位伪 渭伪味委 蟺蟻慰蠅胃慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂魏伪喂蟻慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 魏伪胃慰位喂魏萎 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪. 螆谓伪 胃位喂尾蔚蟻蠈 魏伪喂 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
螣 蟺慰位蠀蟺伪胃萎蟼 蟿蔚蠂谓委蟿畏蟼, 慰 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蟿蠅谓 尾伪蟽伪谓喂蟽蟿畏蟻委蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 魏伪蟿维蠁慰蟻畏蟼 伪未喂魏委伪蟼 苇味畏蟽蔚 魏伪喂 渭伪蟻蟿蠉蟻畏蟽蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 蟿蟽伪蟻喂魏萎 巍蠅蟽委伪 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 1905-1908 蠈蟿伪谓 苇谓伪 魏蠉渭伪 伪谓蟿喂蟽畏渭喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉 蟽维蟻蠅谓蔚 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽伪蟻蟿畏渭苇谓畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 螣蠀魏蟻伪谓委伪蟼.
螣 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟺维渭蟺蟿蠅蠂慰蟼 渭维蟻蟿蠀蟻伪蟼, 苇谓伪蟼 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺伪喂未喂维, 苇谓伪蟼 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪. 螒蟺蔚渭蟺慰位蔚委 蟿畏谓 蔚尾蟻伪蠆魏萎 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 谓伪 蔚蟻纬伪蟽蟿蔚委 蟽蔚 维纬谓蠅蟽蟿慰 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 蠄蔚蠉蟿喂魏伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 蟿伪蠀蟿慰蟺慰委畏蟽畏蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尉蔚蠁蠉纬蔚喂 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 慰未蠀谓畏蟻萎 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀.
螣 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺蔚蠉蔚喂 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 螘尾蟻伪委慰蠀蟼, 蟿畏 蠁蠀位萎 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪蟻伪渭苇谓畏 纬喂伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏慰蠉蟼 蠂蠅蟻慰蠂蟻蠈谓慰蠀蟼.
螢伪蠁谓喂魏维 魏伪喂 伪蟺蟻蠈蟽魏慰蟺蟿伪 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻蔚委蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬喂魏萎 未慰位慰蠁慰谓委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 渭喂魏蟻慰蠉 巍蠋蟽慰蠀.
螞苇纬蔚蟿伪喂 蠈蟿喂 慰喂 螘尾蟻伪委慰喂 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏蠈 伪委渭伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚蠀蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蔚位蔚蟿慰蠀蟻纬委蔚蟼 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃慰蠉谓 谓伪 蠀蟺慰谓慰渭蔚蠉蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰 魏蟻维蟿慰蟼.
螠苇蟽蠅 伪蠀蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀魏慰蠁伪谓蟿委伪蟼 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼,魏伪喂 蠁喂位慰蟽慰蠁委伪蟼 魏伪喂 渭伪蟽慰谓喂魏萎蟼 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 蠈位伪 蟿伪 未蔚喂谓维 蟿畏蟼 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎蟼 魏慰喂谓蠅谓委伪蟼 蟺蔚蟻谓维谓蔚 蟽蟿慰 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻畏蟿萎蟻喂慰 蟿慰蠀 渭维蟽蟿慰蟻伪.
螌蟿伪谓 蠁蠀位伪魏委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻维谓慰渭伪 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟻畏蟽蟿喂魏维 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺慰 魏维胃蔚 谓蠈渭慰 魏伪喂 胃蔚蟽渭蠈 未喂魏伪喂慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼 蠈位畏 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 畏 魏慰喂谓蠅谓委伪, 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬魏蟻伪蟿慰蠉渭蔚谓慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀, 渭苇蟽蠅 蟿蠅谓 未蔚蟽渭慰蠁蠀位维魏蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蔚喂蟽伪纬纬蔚位苇蠅谓 蟿慰蠀, 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿慰谓 韦蟽维蟻慰, 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚谓蠅渭苇谓畏 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪未委魏畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰 渭委蟽慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螠维蟽蟿慰蟻伪
螝伪魏慰渭蔚蟿伪蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂, 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂, 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未畏位畏蟿畏蟻喂维蟽慰蠀谓, 魏伪喂 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 渭畏蠂伪谓慰蟻蟻伪蠁委蔚蟼 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃萎蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟿慰谓 魏维谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 蠀蟺慰纬蟻维蠄蔚喂 渭喂伪 慰渭慰位慰纬委伪. 螤伪蟻维 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟽喂伪魏苇蟼 魏蟻委蟽蔚喂蟼 伪蠀蟿慰-蟿喂渭蠅蟻委伪蟼 慰 蔚蟿慰喂渭慰胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蠁蠀位伪魏喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 蔚蟺喂渭苇谓蔚喂 谓伪 未喂伪渭伪蟻蟿蠉蟻蔚蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪胃蠅蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀.
螖蔚渭苇谓慰蟼 渭蔚 蟽喂未蔚蟻苇谓喂蔚蟼 伪位蠀蟽委未蔚蟼 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 渭畏 蠁蟿维谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺苇蟿蟻喂谓慰 魏蟻蔚尾维蟿喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏伪胃委蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 未喂维蟻魏蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 畏渭苇蟻伪蟼. 韦畏 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 伪位蠀蟽委未蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟽魏蔚蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 纬蠀渭谓蠈蟼, 尾蟻蠈渭喂魏慰蟼, 蟺位畏纬喂伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼, 蟺伪纬蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿喂蟼 蟺慰位喂魏苇蟼 胃蔚蟻渭慰魏蟻伪蟽委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 胃蔚慰谓萎蟽蟿喂魏慰蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 谓伪 魏慰喂渭畏胃蔚委 渭萎蟺蠅蟼 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟿蠉蠂畏 蟿畏蟼 位蠉蟿蟻蠅蟽畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀.
螖蠀慰 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 渭蔚蟿维, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟽蟿畏谓 巍蠅蟽委伪 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未维蔚喂 魏伪胃伪蟻维 魏伪喂 蠈渭慰蟻蠁伪. 螚 未委魏畏 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰 蟿蠅谓 蟺蠀位蠋谓 畏 魏伪蟿伪未委魏畏 蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻畏, 畏 伪胃蠋蠅蟽畏 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚未蔚喂纬渭苇谓畏.
螠喂伪 慰蟻纬喂伪蟽蟿喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁蠀蟺谓委味蔚喂 蟿伪 蔚魏未喂魏畏蟿喂魏维 苇谓蟽蟿喂魏蟿伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟽蠀纬魏喂谓畏蟽喂伪魏萎 蠁蠈蟻蟿喂蟽畏 魏维胃蔚 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蔚渭谓慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
December 14, 2019
netflix'deki son 莽ar belgeseliyle beraber bitirdim bu roman谋, 艧ansa ayn谋 d枚nemde ayn谋 pis bozuk d眉zende ge莽iyor.
yahudi yakov bok'un ba艧谋na gelenler asl谋nda bir yandan "d枚n眉艧眉m" hikayesi. i艧lemedi臒i bir su莽 y眉z眉nden 2 sene iddianame, 6 ay da davas谋n谋 bekleyen yakov'un 莽ekti臒i i艧kenceler insan谋n solu臒unu kesiyor. yahudilerle ilgili hurafeler, yahudi nefreti, yakov'a kurulan inan谋lmaz komplo o kadar da inan谋lmaz de臒il 莽眉nk眉 daha bug眉n yeni akit bu sa莽ma sapan h谋ristiyan 莽ocu臒un kan谋n谋 ak谋tma yalan谋n谋 haber yapt谋. yani anti semitizm bitmiyor, bitmiyor.
ama yakov'un t眉m o i艧kencelere kar艧谋n bir bi莽imde akl谋n谋 kullanmas谋, su莽u kabul edip cezas谋z y谋rtmak yerine su莽suzlu臒unu hayk谋rmas谋, hi莽 kaybetmedi臒i onuru, spinoza'y谋 d眉艧眉nerek ya艧ad谋臒谋 d枚n眉艧眉m roman谋n as谋l b眉y眉kl眉臒眉. korkak bir adamdan cesur, apolitik bir adamdan politik bir kahraman yaratmas谋 ve bunu 莽ok iyi aktarmas谋 malamud'un ba艧ar谋s谋.
ukrayna, 枚zellikle de kiev ger莽ekten bir orta莽a臒 艧ehriymi艧. nas锟斤拷l karanl谋k ve hurafelerle dolu.
yakov'un 莽ektikleri aras谋nda onu onursuzla艧t谋rmaya 莽al谋艧an en i臒ren莽 i艧kence g眉nde 3 kez 莽谋r谋l莽谋plak aranmas谋. bu onursuzla艧t谋rma bi莽iminin h芒l芒 devam etmesi de insanl谋臒谋n ay谋b谋 olsun. onur yaser can'谋 hi莽 unutmay谋n.
yahudi yakov bok'un ba艧谋na gelenler asl谋nda bir yandan "d枚n眉艧眉m" hikayesi. i艧lemedi臒i bir su莽 y眉z眉nden 2 sene iddianame, 6 ay da davas谋n谋 bekleyen yakov'un 莽ekti臒i i艧kenceler insan谋n solu臒unu kesiyor. yahudilerle ilgili hurafeler, yahudi nefreti, yakov'a kurulan inan谋lmaz komplo o kadar da inan谋lmaz de臒il 莽眉nk眉 daha bug眉n yeni akit bu sa莽ma sapan h谋ristiyan 莽ocu臒un kan谋n谋 ak谋tma yalan谋n谋 haber yapt谋. yani anti semitizm bitmiyor, bitmiyor.
ama yakov'un t眉m o i艧kencelere kar艧谋n bir bi莽imde akl谋n谋 kullanmas谋, su莽u kabul edip cezas谋z y谋rtmak yerine su莽suzlu臒unu hayk谋rmas谋, hi莽 kaybetmedi臒i onuru, spinoza'y谋 d眉艧眉nerek ya艧ad谋臒谋 d枚n眉艧眉m roman谋n as谋l b眉y眉kl眉臒眉. korkak bir adamdan cesur, apolitik bir adamdan politik bir kahraman yaratmas谋 ve bunu 莽ok iyi aktarmas谋 malamud'un ba艧ar谋s谋.
ukrayna, 枚zellikle de kiev ger莽ekten bir orta莽a臒 艧ehriymi艧. nas锟斤拷l karanl谋k ve hurafelerle dolu.
yakov'un 莽ektikleri aras谋nda onu onursuzla艧t谋rmaya 莽al谋艧an en i臒ren莽 i艧kence g眉nde 3 kez 莽谋r谋l莽谋plak aranmas谋. bu onursuzla艧t谋rma bi莽iminin h芒l芒 devam etmesi de insanl谋臒谋n ay谋b谋 olsun. onur yaser can'谋 hi莽 unutmay谋n.
January 7, 2024
O altfel de carte, un mileu literar brodat 卯n jurul lui Iakov Bok, un evreu s膬rac care spune despre el 卯nsu葯i c膬 "Eu am fost tras pe sfoar膬 卯nc膬 de la n膬scare." So葲ia aparent stearp膬 葯i infidel膬 care-l face un so葲 p膬r膬sit, plin de ru葯ine, plus sentimentul de prizonierat 卯ntr-un t卯rgusor, 卯l 卯mping pe Iakov C卯rpaciul s膬 plece la Kiev ca s膬-葯i c芒葯tige p芒inea cinstit 葯i sa vad膬 葯i el pu葲in lumea. C芒teva alegeri gre葯ite, inevitabilul ghinion 葯i 卯mprejur膬rile istorice il trimit pe Iakov 卯n 卯nchisoare cu acuza葲ia grav膬 de a fi omor芒t un copil rus. Bietul cirpaci se transform膬 dintr-un evrei liber 卯ntr-un (posibil) vinovat prins 卯n capcan膬, abuzat, abandonat 葯i neputincios. "Noi 葯tim c膬 n-ai comis crima, dar ce-i mai r膬u e c膬 葯i ei 葯tiu, dar sus葲in c膬 e葯ti vinovat."
"C卯rpaciul" este genul acela de carte despre care nu 葯tii nimic, ajunge la tine printr-o coinciden葲膬 / recomandare fericit膬 葯i te atinge at芒t de tare 卯nc芒t 卯葲i este drag chiar 葯i numai s膬 o vezi cu coada ochiului pe raft 卯n bibliotec膬 葯i s膬 葯tii c膬 este a ta.
"C卯rpaciul" este genul acela de carte despre care nu 葯tii nimic, ajunge la tine printr-o coinciden葲膬 / recomandare fericit膬 葯i te atinge at芒t de tare 卯nc芒t 卯葲i este drag chiar 葯i numai s膬 o vezi cu coada ochiului pe raft 卯n bibliotec膬 葯i s膬 葯tii c膬 este a ta.
August 30, 2023
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March 20, 2025
4.5/5
脟ok k枚t眉 bir psikolojide okumama, bitirmeme ra臒men 莽ok be臒endim. Tamirci sadece okunup ge莽ilecek bir roman de臒il insan谋n i莽ine i艧leyen, bo臒az谋na oturan bir hik芒yeymi艧. Kahraman谋m谋z Yakov鈥檜n 莽aresizli臒i, ya艧ad谋臒谋 haks谋zl谋k kar艧谋s谋ndaki yaln谋zl谋臒谋 ve ad谋m ad谋m de臒i艧en ruh hali 枚ylesine g眉莽l眉 i艧lenmi艧 ki etkilenmemek elde de臒il zaten. Malamud, bir adam谋n kaderi 眉zerinden adaletsizli臒i ve direnmeyi anlat谋rken insan do臒as谋na dair en rahats谋z edici ger莽ekleri de g枚zler 枚n眉ne seriyor. 脺stelik anlat谋lan bir bireyin hikayesinden 莽ok daha fazlas谋. Bu da roman谋 莽ok katmanl谋 k谋l谋yor. Bazen tekrara d眉艧t眉臒眉 yerler var ama zaten o tekrarlar da Yakov鈥檜n s谋k谋艧m谋艧l谋臒谋n谋 hissettirmek i莽in sanki. Finalin de romana yak谋艧t谋臒谋n谋 d眉艧眉nsem de biraz daha kesin bir finali tercih ederdim do臒rusu. Her ne olursa olsun a臒谋r, sars谋c谋 ve kolay kolay unutulmayacak bir roman Tamirci. Yazar谋n di臒er kitaplar谋n谋 da okuyaca臒谋m.
脟ok k枚t眉 bir psikolojide okumama, bitirmeme ra臒men 莽ok be臒endim. Tamirci sadece okunup ge莽ilecek bir roman de臒il insan谋n i莽ine i艧leyen, bo臒az谋na oturan bir hik芒yeymi艧. Kahraman谋m谋z Yakov鈥檜n 莽aresizli臒i, ya艧ad谋臒谋 haks谋zl谋k kar艧谋s谋ndaki yaln谋zl谋臒谋 ve ad谋m ad谋m de臒i艧en ruh hali 枚ylesine g眉莽l眉 i艧lenmi艧 ki etkilenmemek elde de臒il zaten. Malamud, bir adam谋n kaderi 眉zerinden adaletsizli臒i ve direnmeyi anlat谋rken insan do臒as谋na dair en rahats谋z edici ger莽ekleri de g枚zler 枚n眉ne seriyor. 脺stelik anlat谋lan bir bireyin hikayesinden 莽ok daha fazlas谋. Bu da roman谋 莽ok katmanl谋 k谋l谋yor. Bazen tekrara d眉艧t眉臒眉 yerler var ama zaten o tekrarlar da Yakov鈥檜n s谋k谋艧m谋艧l谋臒谋n谋 hissettirmek i莽in sanki. Finalin de romana yak谋艧t谋臒谋n谋 d眉艧眉nsem de biraz daha kesin bir finali tercih ederdim do臒rusu. Her ne olursa olsun a臒谋r, sars谋c谋 ve kolay kolay unutulmayacak bir roman Tamirci. Yazar谋n di臒er kitaplar谋n谋 da okuyaca臒谋m.
April 1, 2023
NEVICA STORIA
La lettura di questo romanzo origina una constatazione immediata: l鈥檃ntisemitismo ha radici profonde capaci di alimentare conflitti e opposizioni di varia natura. I libri di storia raccontano l鈥檈spulsione degli ebrei dalla Spagna o il caso dell鈥檈breo Dreyfus, celebre anche per il "J鈥檃ccuse" di Zola, ma gli episodi ai danni del singolo o del gruppo furono i pi霉 vari e, come 猫 risaputo, toccarono trasversalmente l鈥橢uropa e le sue diverse epoche storiche, acuendosi notevolmente con le conquiste liberali scaturite dalla Rivoluzione francese e giungendo al loro culmine con la Shoah.
Malamud, ispirandosi al caso di Mendel Beilis ,ebreo ucraino ingiustamente accusato dell鈥檕micidio di un bambino cristiano nella Russia zarista, partorisce il personaggio di Yacov Bok che acquista subito una chiara identit脿 . Entra in scena in un momento storico poco opportuno, le Centurie Nere in Russia hanno appena arretrato di alcuni passi rispetto alla svolta liberale che le concessioni zariste hanno ventilato, la Duma discute inoltre l鈥檃bolizione della 鈥淶ona di residenza 鈥� degli ebrei quando un bambino cristiano viene ritrovato cadavere. Non c鈥櫭� dubbio: 猫 un omicidio rituale compiuto con lo scopo di avere cinque litri di sangue cristiano per impastare il pane. Tutti gli indizi vengono fatti ricadere sull鈥檈breo Yacov Bok che, abbandonato il suo shtelt , 猫 giunto da poco a Kiev dove 猫 riuscito a entrare nelle grazie di un ricco cristiano che si ritrova per caso in debito con lui. La sorte fa allora girare il povero ebreo come una trottola e la spirale lo risucchia nel vortice nero dell鈥檃ntigiudaismo: capro espiatorio perfetto sul quale si dirottano tensioni politiche e civili all鈥檃lba della Rivoluzione di febbraio.
La Storia permette a Malamud di creare un romanzo dalla portata eccezionale. La rappresentazione della vicenda vive dell鈥檌mpeccabile stile dell鈥檃utore riconoscibile per il suo sguardo emotivamente distaccato, neutrale, per il susseguirsi di pagine mai pesanti in un volume corposo che fa nascere nel lettore un sentimento di ammirazione profonda. Tante parole, pochi accadimenti, una buona sezione dedicata a tre anni di prigionia. Quali elementi allora riescono a vivacizzare quella che avrebbe potuto correre il rischio di essere solo una cronistoria agghiacciante di una prigionia? Un鈥檃mbientazione russa impeccabile, un personaggio unico proprio per la capacit脿 dell鈥檃utore di evitare qualsiasi empatia immediata, troppo scontata in narrazioni siffatte, un personaggio infine funzionale all鈥檌nteresse dell鈥檃rtista per questioni etiche e religiose. Il rozzo tuttofare di cui si parla subisce le conseguenze indirette di un suo atto di volont脿, egli lasciato il villaggio dopo il fallimento del suo matrimonio, finisce in prigione, soffre e medita: 鈥� Una volta che te ne vai, sei all鈥檃perto: piove e nevica. Nevica storia, vale a dire che quello che succede a un individuo inizia dentro una rete di eventi che esulano dal personale. Naturalmente, inizia prima che arrivi l鈥檌nteressato. Tutti siamo nella storia, questo 猫 sicuro, ma alcuni pi霉 di altri. Gli ebrei, pi霉 di alcuni. Se nevica, non sono tutti fuori a bagnarsi鈥�.
脠 inoltre ateo, paga in nome di una religione in cui non crede, lui che conosce l鈥檕pera di Spinoza e ne abbraccia il pensiero, lui 鈥渓ibero pensatore鈥� i cui pensieri migliori si originano proprio durante l鈥檈sperienza carceraria. La sua catarsi sar脿 positiva ma, come quella di molti personaggi malamudiani , aperta per cui il lettore 猫 lasciato ancora una volta a proiettare la vicenda nelle sue possibili ramificazioni dopo aver assistito agli ultimi vaneggiamenti di un uomo che alla fine vagheggia solo la libert脿.
Ho letto l鈥檈dizione Minimumfax che riporta questo romanzo in Italia dopo una lunga assenza, lo consiglio anche solo per l鈥檌ntroduzione di Piperno, ottima.
24 gennaio 2016
La lettura di questo romanzo origina una constatazione immediata: l鈥檃ntisemitismo ha radici profonde capaci di alimentare conflitti e opposizioni di varia natura. I libri di storia raccontano l鈥檈spulsione degli ebrei dalla Spagna o il caso dell鈥檈breo Dreyfus, celebre anche per il "J鈥檃ccuse" di Zola, ma gli episodi ai danni del singolo o del gruppo furono i pi霉 vari e, come 猫 risaputo, toccarono trasversalmente l鈥橢uropa e le sue diverse epoche storiche, acuendosi notevolmente con le conquiste liberali scaturite dalla Rivoluzione francese e giungendo al loro culmine con la Shoah.
Malamud, ispirandosi al caso di Mendel Beilis ,ebreo ucraino ingiustamente accusato dell鈥檕micidio di un bambino cristiano nella Russia zarista, partorisce il personaggio di Yacov Bok che acquista subito una chiara identit脿 . Entra in scena in un momento storico poco opportuno, le Centurie Nere in Russia hanno appena arretrato di alcuni passi rispetto alla svolta liberale che le concessioni zariste hanno ventilato, la Duma discute inoltre l鈥檃bolizione della 鈥淶ona di residenza 鈥� degli ebrei quando un bambino cristiano viene ritrovato cadavere. Non c鈥櫭� dubbio: 猫 un omicidio rituale compiuto con lo scopo di avere cinque litri di sangue cristiano per impastare il pane. Tutti gli indizi vengono fatti ricadere sull鈥檈breo Yacov Bok che, abbandonato il suo shtelt , 猫 giunto da poco a Kiev dove 猫 riuscito a entrare nelle grazie di un ricco cristiano che si ritrova per caso in debito con lui. La sorte fa allora girare il povero ebreo come una trottola e la spirale lo risucchia nel vortice nero dell鈥檃ntigiudaismo: capro espiatorio perfetto sul quale si dirottano tensioni politiche e civili all鈥檃lba della Rivoluzione di febbraio.
La Storia permette a Malamud di creare un romanzo dalla portata eccezionale. La rappresentazione della vicenda vive dell鈥檌mpeccabile stile dell鈥檃utore riconoscibile per il suo sguardo emotivamente distaccato, neutrale, per il susseguirsi di pagine mai pesanti in un volume corposo che fa nascere nel lettore un sentimento di ammirazione profonda. Tante parole, pochi accadimenti, una buona sezione dedicata a tre anni di prigionia. Quali elementi allora riescono a vivacizzare quella che avrebbe potuto correre il rischio di essere solo una cronistoria agghiacciante di una prigionia? Un鈥檃mbientazione russa impeccabile, un personaggio unico proprio per la capacit脿 dell鈥檃utore di evitare qualsiasi empatia immediata, troppo scontata in narrazioni siffatte, un personaggio infine funzionale all鈥檌nteresse dell鈥檃rtista per questioni etiche e religiose. Il rozzo tuttofare di cui si parla subisce le conseguenze indirette di un suo atto di volont脿, egli lasciato il villaggio dopo il fallimento del suo matrimonio, finisce in prigione, soffre e medita: 鈥� Una volta che te ne vai, sei all鈥檃perto: piove e nevica. Nevica storia, vale a dire che quello che succede a un individuo inizia dentro una rete di eventi che esulano dal personale. Naturalmente, inizia prima che arrivi l鈥檌nteressato. Tutti siamo nella storia, questo 猫 sicuro, ma alcuni pi霉 di altri. Gli ebrei, pi霉 di alcuni. Se nevica, non sono tutti fuori a bagnarsi鈥�.
脠 inoltre ateo, paga in nome di una religione in cui non crede, lui che conosce l鈥檕pera di Spinoza e ne abbraccia il pensiero, lui 鈥渓ibero pensatore鈥� i cui pensieri migliori si originano proprio durante l鈥檈sperienza carceraria. La sua catarsi sar脿 positiva ma, come quella di molti personaggi malamudiani , aperta per cui il lettore 猫 lasciato ancora una volta a proiettare la vicenda nelle sue possibili ramificazioni dopo aver assistito agli ultimi vaneggiamenti di un uomo che alla fine vagheggia solo la libert脿.
Ho letto l鈥檈dizione Minimumfax che riporta questo romanzo in Italia dopo una lunga assenza, lo consiglio anche solo per l鈥檌ntroduzione di Piperno, ottima.
24 gennaio 2016
December 17, 2017
Nessun ebreo era innocente in uno stato corrotto ,che mostrava i segni della sua corruzione nella paura e nell'odio
La scrittura di Malamud 猫 la prima cosa che colpisce
essenziale , quasi disadorna , eppure capace di rendere il lettore profondamente partecipe alla storia .
La storia 猫 quella di Yakov Bok , la cui unica colpa 猫 di essere ebreo, dal momento in cui decide di lasciare il suo shtetl ,povero e abbandonato dalla moglie, per andare a Kiev .
Atroci disgrazie si susseguiranno in una concatenazione inesorabile fino all'accusa di omicidio ,alla detenzione in isolamento , alle continue torture fisiche e psicologiche .
Gran parte dell'azione si svolge in una fetida cella angusta e chi legge si ritrova l矛 , con Yakov (dormiva con la paura e si svegliava con il terrore )
incarcerato , affamato, degradato, incatenato al muro come un animale , in un'attesa interminabile
sconvolto, all'idea di essere cos矛 atrocemente solo. oppresso dal caldo, divorato dal freddo umido, consumato dall'attesa di un documento che non arrivava mai - Yakov urlava dal punto pi霉 profondo del suo essere, un pozzo stretto, ma nessuno compariva, amico o straniero, nessuno gli rispondeva, n茅 lo guardava n茅 gli rivolgeva la parola. Nulla cambiava se non la sua et脿. Se l'avessero processato, giudicato colpevole e condannato alla Siberia, per lo meno, ci sarebbe stato qualcosa da fare
Chi legge 猫 l矛 , ad ascoltare i suoi deliri , i suoi tormentati ricordi , i suoi pensieri ( a volte cadeva in un pensare senza pensieri , in un candore stupefatto, che lo intontiva )
a soffrire con lui.
Una storia di resistenza all'ingiustizia , alle umiliazioni e ai soprusi ,
di integrit脿 morale e di onest脿 .
I romanzi di Malamud appartengono a quel genere di libri assai rari
che amano partire in sordina per diventare splendidi strada facendo,
come se lui non lavorasse con le singole parole o le singole frasi,
ma semmai con le pagine, con il loro implacabile ammonticchiarsi l鈥檜na sull鈥檃ltra.
脠 come quei seduttori che la prima volta che li vedi ti sembrano perfettamente insipidi
e gi脿 la terza volta senti che non potrai mai liberarti di loro.
Malamud elude programmaticamente qualsiasi piacioneria, non concede niente allo spettatore.
E questo 猫 un rischio immenso per uno scrittore.
Devi avere fegato, carattere e una straordinaria fiducia nella storia che ti accingi a raccontare per non blandire il lettore sin dalla prima riga.
4 stelle e mezzo
La scrittura di Malamud 猫 la prima cosa che colpisce
essenziale , quasi disadorna , eppure capace di rendere il lettore profondamente partecipe alla storia .
La storia 猫 quella di Yakov Bok , la cui unica colpa 猫 di essere ebreo, dal momento in cui decide di lasciare il suo shtetl ,povero e abbandonato dalla moglie, per andare a Kiev .
Atroci disgrazie si susseguiranno in una concatenazione inesorabile fino all'accusa di omicidio ,alla detenzione in isolamento , alle continue torture fisiche e psicologiche .
Gran parte dell'azione si svolge in una fetida cella angusta e chi legge si ritrova l矛 , con Yakov (dormiva con la paura e si svegliava con il terrore )
incarcerato , affamato, degradato, incatenato al muro come un animale , in un'attesa interminabile
sconvolto, all'idea di essere cos矛 atrocemente solo. oppresso dal caldo, divorato dal freddo umido, consumato dall'attesa di un documento che non arrivava mai - Yakov urlava dal punto pi霉 profondo del suo essere, un pozzo stretto, ma nessuno compariva, amico o straniero, nessuno gli rispondeva, n茅 lo guardava n茅 gli rivolgeva la parola. Nulla cambiava se non la sua et脿. Se l'avessero processato, giudicato colpevole e condannato alla Siberia, per lo meno, ci sarebbe stato qualcosa da fare
Chi legge 猫 l矛 , ad ascoltare i suoi deliri , i suoi tormentati ricordi , i suoi pensieri ( a volte cadeva in un pensare senza pensieri , in un candore stupefatto, che lo intontiva )
a soffrire con lui.
Una storia di resistenza all'ingiustizia , alle umiliazioni e ai soprusi ,
di integrit脿 morale e di onest脿 .
I romanzi di Malamud appartengono a quel genere di libri assai rari
che amano partire in sordina per diventare splendidi strada facendo,
come se lui non lavorasse con le singole parole o le singole frasi,
ma semmai con le pagine, con il loro implacabile ammonticchiarsi l鈥檜na sull鈥檃ltra.
脠 come quei seduttori che la prima volta che li vedi ti sembrano perfettamente insipidi
e gi脿 la terza volta senti che non potrai mai liberarti di loro.
Malamud elude programmaticamente qualsiasi piacioneria, non concede niente allo spettatore.
E questo 猫 un rischio immenso per uno scrittore.
Devi avere fegato, carattere e una straordinaria fiducia nella storia che ti accingi a raccontare per non blandire il lettore sin dalla prima riga.
4 stelle e mezzo
April 4, 2021
Won the Pulitzer for fiction AND the National Book Award for Fiction in 1967. Were there no other books written in that year? Malamud is a competent writer. He uses detail to pull us into another world, the starving, pestilence-ridden world of peasants under the Tsar in about 1910. The hero Yakov is a non-practicing Jew (is that a real thing? are you 'of a religion' if you don't go to meetings?) Every non-Jew in Russia is either engaged in a pogrom to murder Jews, or building the outrage for the next one (they drink the blood of children, rape maidens, poison crops, etc.) It's a vivid portrayal of superstitious ignorance, and Yakov is sent to jail awaiting trial for murdering a boy. The prosecutor's evidence grows with each month that passes--a barn burned down, so it must have been Jewish criminals who were abusing children who burned it down to hide the evidence. The prison is torture: cold, wet, starvation, torture, isolation. This is all a great premise and a great setting for a story. Two hundred pages later, the book stops. Two hundred pages of Yakov putting up with physical and emotional torture, hoping something good will happen, being betrayed by people who hinted they could help him. Imagine 'Papillion' without the escapes, or drama. Okay, I can imagine all sorts of deep meanings from this tiresome, static book: fear and stupidity lead to persecution, anti-Semitism grows where ignorance flourishes, and so on. But if I have to invent the meaning, shouldn't I get the Pulitzer? I see patterns in clouds, but that doesn't make a low-pressure system an artist.
April 5, 2023
This is the sixth book I have read by Bernard Malamud. In every one his writing has been strong and affecting. The Fixer was the #6 bestseller in 1966 and won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award the following year.
One of this author's themes is Jewish life. This time he moves out of American Jewish life and back in time. Yakov Bok is a handyman, a "fixer." After his wife leaves him, he ventures out of the shtetl where he has always lived to seek his fortune.
At first he has good luck, gets a well paying job in Kiev and even attention from a woman. But he has been hiding the fact that he is a Jew. It is 1911 and anti-Semitism is in full force along with much superstition and mysticism.
When a 12-year-old Christian boy is found stabbed to death, his blood drained, Yakov is accused of a ritual murder, arrested and imprisoned without even an indictment.
Most of the book concerns his years in prison and his state of mind. It is quite gripping. The Fixer shows the evil that follows from prejudice and discrimination. It is based on the true case of Menahem Mendel Beilis. As medieval as the setting is, the novel felt eerily relevant to today.
One of this author's themes is Jewish life. This time he moves out of American Jewish life and back in time. Yakov Bok is a handyman, a "fixer." After his wife leaves him, he ventures out of the shtetl where he has always lived to seek his fortune.
At first he has good luck, gets a well paying job in Kiev and even attention from a woman. But he has been hiding the fact that he is a Jew. It is 1911 and anti-Semitism is in full force along with much superstition and mysticism.
When a 12-year-old Christian boy is found stabbed to death, his blood drained, Yakov is accused of a ritual murder, arrested and imprisoned without even an indictment.
Most of the book concerns his years in prison and his state of mind. It is quite gripping. The Fixer shows the evil that follows from prejudice and discrimination. It is based on the true case of Menahem Mendel Beilis. As medieval as the setting is, the novel felt eerily relevant to today.
March 9, 2021
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January 28, 2025
Bernard Malamud's The Fixer offers a grimly compelling portrait of antisemitism in Tsarist Russia. Drawing on the real-life Mendel Beilis case (closely enough that some writers accuse him of plagiarizing Beilis鈥檚 memoirs), Malamud imagines repairman Yakov Bok, who travels to Kiev circa 1911 seeking steady employment. Neither religious nor particularly conscious of his identity, Bok disguises himself as a Gentile, gains the trust of and works for a Tsarist official until he鈥檚 accused of participating in ritual child murder. Barely aware of what鈥檚 going on, Bok becomes trapped in a Kafkaesque nightmare as new charges are foisted upon him, each with little evidence or cause beyond his Judaism - and his daring to defy the edicts of Christian society. Only a sympathetic lawyer offers him any hope or comfort, though even he can do little when Bok鈥檚 case catches the attention of the Tsar himself. Malamud scores with his sparse yet penetrating prose style; he allows Yakov鈥檚 fate to speak for itself, with the protagonist neither a willing martyr, nor understanding his plight, nor capable of doing much to change it. Published in 1967, the book bares a loose resemblance to the anticommunist literature of Koestler and Solzhenitsyn, transposing their visions of the Soviet gulag to to the Okhrana鈥檚 prison cells (though, it must be said, not without cause). But Malamud鈥檚 concern is less ideological than humanist: Yakov鈥檚 grim plight is the fate of any Jewish person trapped in a society that distrusts people of his background, or indeed anyone who stands out anywhere. His iniquities are painful, his reckoning with his religious identity (inescapable despite his efforts to assimilate) heartbreaking, the overall contours of his plight painfully familiar. The resulting work is grim and downbeat, yet often morbidly humorous, richly ironic and even triumphant in showing the endurance of the Human Spirit - and, in particular, the Jewish faith.
July 14, 2007
A huge disappointment as I鈥檇 briefly christened Malamud My Favorite Author after having recently read The Assistant and several short stories (鈥淭he Angel Levine鈥�!). This is the book that won Malamud the Nobel, and I had to wonder why. It鈥檚 ideological, heavy handed, a hammer on your skull, bald-faced allegory, and miserable to read, pages and pages of suffering. I know there鈥檚 a grand point here, and it has something to do with the philosophy of Spinoza (which I haven鈥檛 read), God鈥檚 betrayal of the Jews after WWII, the reordering of one鈥檚 worldview after Evil has shown its face and won, the attempt to locate spirituality and morality in a world without God, the slow glimmer of revelation that Jewishness is not in the end really Chosenness in any sense that can improve your life. I love these themes, but they come across better, for me, in a treatment of an old Jew in New York finding God in Harlem, a Jewish family trusting an untrustworthy Italian goy, an encounter between spiritually and morally flawed characters from colliding cultures who will each find redemption in ways that will surprise you. Malamud鈥檚 other works, like Flannery O鈥機onnor鈥檚, embody both apostasy and a deeply religious and redemptive view of the world; they are about a spirituality that needs no God. I love that. I know these themes are in this tome as well but I still don鈥檛 get it. Can anyone explain to me why The Fixer is considered Malamud鈥檚 greatest work?
January 6, 2017
Beautifully written. Intense. Difficult. Compelling.
These are just a few words to describe this book and none of them seem to describe it correctly. It is difficult to read a book like this, especially at this time of the year.
But an important book, especially at this time of Islamophobia. Replace the word "Jew" with "Muslim" and it would describe many Americans beliefs.
The book is set in Tsarist Russia during the Jewish pogroms, but it might just as well have been set in Trump's America.
Very hard to read. But I am glad I did.
These are just a few words to describe this book and none of them seem to describe it correctly. It is difficult to read a book like this, especially at this time of the year.
But an important book, especially at this time of Islamophobia. Replace the word "Jew" with "Muslim" and it would describe many Americans beliefs.
The book is set in Tsarist Russia during the Jewish pogroms, but it might just as well have been set in Trump's America.
Very hard to read. But I am glad I did.
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