desperate for jewish writers on non-jewish themes . preferably , period starting 2010 or thereabouts . thank you .
desperate for jewish writers on non-jewish themes . preferably , period starting 2010 or thereabouts . thank you .
Well, it's not from the right time period, but you might try Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. It was smuggled out of the Soviet Union in dribs and drabs and hailed as a masterpiece after Grossman had died believing himself a failure. And it's amazing. But it's over 1000 pages long. I warned you about good books before!
That is one of my favourite books - Grossman's. Belle de Signeur might suit your aim. Anything by Heller?
Guess you are looking for something non-stereotypical. Slaughterhouse Five?
Outside the Holocaust, I have no idea what constitutes a "Jewish theme," but Saul Bellow and Russell Hoban were writers probably classed as Jewish whose works are so diverse that they could not be constrained within any one theme or genre. Both had very long literary careers ending, just, in the present century.
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in my ear,
Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?
Obvs Portnoy's Complaint is A Jewish Theme in modern terms. I'm assuming the questioner meant no one whose work you could read and say by chapter two - Jacob waz ere! I think there are a lot of texts like that but maybe not many writers - if you understand my drift.
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