tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post6622423129017103041..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Year’s best American novelD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-11956592954858282572010-12-31T12:22:27.752-05:002010-12-31T12:22:27.752-05:00Did you notice how it's almost exactly the sam...Did you notice how it's almost exactly the same as Lewisohn's The Island Within? The same phenomena addressing the same themes: relics from the past--books, rebbes--crop up in order for a young pisher to reexamine his contemporary times in light of the Jewish past. <br /><br />I love it. It's gonna be my MA thesis.Lane Eliezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126806364534796844noreply@blogger.com