tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565245008934521902.post390827965403937771..comments2024-02-25T20:06:30.851-08:00Comments on Free Range Reading: Review: The Finkler Question, by Howard JacobsonMark Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853247452846940409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565245008934521902.post-82707573346168968332011-12-05T09:42:46.343-08:002011-12-05T09:42:46.343-08:00Thanks for the comment, Anonymous. Perhaps you'...Thanks for the comment, Anonymous. Perhaps you're right, that it is a cultural thing. I guess as a reviewer I'm always looking for contrivances and whether the author has earned them. In this book, I felt Jacobson hadn't - maybe I would have felt differently if I shared the same background, but this doesn't really bode well for the universality of literature. But I'm glad you Mark Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853247452846940409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565245008934521902.post-9294054725196295712011-12-05T09:27:15.746-08:002011-12-05T09:27:15.746-08:00I can't agree- I believe it makes perfect sens...I can't agree- I believe it makes perfect sense. Finkler sits in a restaurant and wonders how one Jew can look around the room and easily identify other Jews, never having seen them before. It's simply a cultural thing. I also can do it - I'm Jewish. In the 70's and 80's, my husband, a practicing physician was able to look around a room and spot out of a large dining area,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com