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Anna40
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I expected more of a travel rather than a political book but perhaps it is impossible to write about Israel without focusing on politics. It‘s shocking how current To Jerusalem and back is: left wing antisemitism was the same 50 years ago, so was the accusation that Israelis are colonialists, also Israel was and still is held to a higher moral standard than any other country and no other nation‘s right to exist is questioned. The book is outdated

Anna40 because times have changed. Many of the people Bellow met during his Israel visit are no longer alive, there have been more wars, Rabin was assassinated, more peace talks and October 7. It is ok even hip and cool today to say F..k Israel. Where are we headed from here? Peace is the only solution but will it stop the hate? People are concerned about dead children but taking hostages and killing civilians in their sleep is ok? Because those crimes 1mo
Anna40 are committed by freedom fighters? I don‘t know what will happen. But I don‘t think the hate and antisemitism will ever end, it will only get worse. 1mo
shortsarahrose Yes, the murder of 1200 people and hostage-taking of 250 more by Hamas is wrong, but I don‘t understand how that justifies broad attacks on Gaza that have killed 50k people, the displacement of 1.9 million people (over 90% of the population), and now an ongoing blockade creating an entirely manmade famine. 1mo
Anna40 @shortsarahrose I never said the killing is justified. You‘re putting words in my mouth I never wrote. I said peace is the only solution. And I will add here that do not understand how anyone can see Hamas as freedom fighters. 1mo
shortsarahrose Fair enough. Perhaps I misunderstood, but the wording made it sound like the two were equivalent. I‘m just saying that they‘re not. 1mo
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Leftcoastzen
Saul Bellow: Letters | Saul Bellow
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼🎩🧡 11mo
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Leftcoastzen
The Dean's December | Saul Bellow
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Eggs Perfect 😍 2y
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QuintusMarcus
The Dean's December | Saul Bellow
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Unrelentingly grim story of two gritty, shitty cities: Chicago and Bucharest ca. 1980. What‘s particularly depressing is how little Chicago has changed - same old same old miserable racial politics. And yes, this is the first edition I bought when I was in high school, a bookseller at my local Waldenbooks. Love the book, though: Bellow was such a humane writer, so well-read and deeply thoughtful.

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EliLiszt
The Victim | Saul Bellow
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“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.” ~ Saul Bellow

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TheBookKeeper
Conversations with Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow, Gloria L. Cronin, Ben Siegel
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"People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned."
Saul Bellow

#saulbellow #reading #libraries #books #literature #lovetoread

Leftcoastzen Love that so much! ❤️ 7y
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WanderingBookaneer
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#MiaCat did not want to be photographed.

AmyG She is very beautiful. 8y
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WanderingBookaneer
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#OctaviaCat joins me as I read.

CoffeeCatsBooks Cutie! 😻 8y
AmyG Looks like my Hilly. ❤️ 8y
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WanderingBookaneer
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