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Jun 12, 2017
Jonathan Foer's return to fiction is well worth the wait and works on many levels. It is a melancholic account about the Bloch family both nuclear and extended. It has a great deal of dialogue which is very funny in places. The narrative also has many flashbacks and flash forwards which disrupts the flow. It reflects the deterioration in the marriage. I am not Jewish. I appreciated the insights provided about both the blessings and the burden of being Jewish particularly the relationship between Israel the country and Jews in America.