Focus: A Novel (Library of Modern Jewish Literature) - Softcover

Miller, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815604378 ISBN 13: 9780815604372

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1997

Synopsis

An American of English descent named Newman who begins to wear glasses is mistaken for a Jew and becomes the victim of anti-Semitic persecution. A portrait of contemporary anti-Semitism from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of ""Death of a Salesman"".

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From the Back Cover

'The twentieth century was the century of Arthur Miller' Erica Wagner, The Times

A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew.

Arthur Miller's chilling novel displays the same searing moral precision and emotional intensity of his plays, as the intensity of anti-Semitism in 1945 New York mounts, and the prejudices Newman shares begin to turn threateningly against him.

About the Author

American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815604378
• ISBN 13: 9780815604372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 217