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He examines the sources of its appeal, which, he argues, are spiritual as much as political; how it works to delegitimize nations; and why it has the potential to turn indignation at past injustices into a source of new injustices today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA compact and accessible introduction, rich with historical detail, \u003cem\u003eOn Settler Colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e will speak to readers interested in the Middle East, American history, and today's most urgent cultural-political debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383955407084,"sku":"9781324105343","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11737823482659.jpg?v=1773390383"},{"product_id":"the-blessing-and-the-curse-by-adam-kirsch-9780393868371","title":"The Blessing and the Curse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003eThe People and the Books\u003c\/em\u003e, which \"covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression\" (Robert Alter, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), poet and literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the story of modern Jewish literature. From the vast emigration of Jews out of Eastern Europe to the Holocaust to the creation of Israel, the twentieth century transformed Jewish life. The same was true of Jewish writing: the novels, plays, poems, and memoirs of Jewish writers provided intimate access to new worlds of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKirsch surveys four themes that shaped the twentieth century in Jewish literature and culture: Europe, America, Israel, and the endeavour to reimagine Judaism as a modern faith. With discussions of major books by over thirty writers—ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Elie Wiesel to Tony Kushner, Hannah Arendt to Judith Plaskow—he argues that literature offers a new way to think about what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. With a wide scope and diverse, original observations, Kirsch draws fascinating parallels between familiar writers and their less familiar counterparts. While everyone knows the diary of Anne Frank, for example, few outside of Israel have read the diary of Hannah Senesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKirsch sheds new light on the literature of the Holocaust through the work of Primo Levi, explores the emergence of America as a Jewish home through the stories of Bernard Malamud, and shows how Yehuda Amichai captured the paradoxes of Israeli identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn insightful and engaging work from \"one of America's finest literary critics\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Blessing and the Curse\u003c\/em\u003e brings the Jewish experience vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432823111916,"sku":"9780393868371","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393868371.jpg?v=1774766363"},{"product_id":"the-discarded-life-by-adam-kirsch-9781636280158","title":"The Discarded Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these moving and meditative poems, Adam Kirsch shows how the experiences and recognitions of early life continue to shape us into adulthood. Richly evoking a 1980s childhood in Los Angeles, Kirsch uses Gen X landmarks—from Devo to Atari to the Challenger disaster—to tell a story of emotional and artistic coming of age, exploring universal questions of meaning, mortality, and how we become who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Discarded Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant exploration of the lasting influence of early experiences, presented through the lens of evocative imagery and significant cultural references. 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