Edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld THE WRITER UPROOTED Contemporary Jewish Exile Literature The Writer Uprooted Edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld Jewish Literature and Culture Series Editor, Alvin H. Rosenfeld Indiana University Press Bloomington • Indianapolis The Writer Uprooted Contemporary Jewish Exile Literature This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders Fax orders Orders by e-mail 800-842-6796 812-855-7931
[email protected] © 2008 by Indiana University Press All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in-Publication Data The writer uprooted : contemporary Jewish exile literature / edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld. p. cm. — (Jewish literature and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35144-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-21981-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. American literature—Jewish authors—History and criticism. 2. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 3. Jewish authors—Europe, Eastern. 4. Exiles’ writings—History and criticism. 5. Immigrants— United States. 6. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. 7. Jews—United States—Intellectual life. I. Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (Alvin Hirsch), date PS153.J4W62 2008 810.9’8924—dc22 2007052690 1 2 3 4 5 13 12 11 10 09 08 This book is dedicated to two treasured friends: ALICE GINOTT COHN who knows the challenges of exile and TED COHN who lovingly helps her meet them Contents Introduction | ix alvin h. rosenfeld Nomadic Language 1 norman manea | On Norman Manea’s The Hooligan’s Return Writing about Uprootedness | | matei calinescu henryk grynberg Exile as Life after Death in the Writings of Henryk Grynberg and Norman Manea The Writer as Tour Guide | 75 92 lara vapnyar 110 Questions of Identity: The New World of the | morris dickstein A Displaced Scholar’s Tale: The Jewish Factor Exile: Inside and Out | | geoffrey hartman bron