I didn't say the book was anti-Semitic. I said the narrator's
references to the Jewish character were anti-Semitic. That's
too broad, I should have said something like, some of his
put-downs of the guy are couched in somewhat anti-Semitic
terms. I can certainly understand a younger Jewish reader
being made uncomfortable. It's a while since I read it, but I
recall being a little bugged by them myself, in a different
way. (I'm middle aged and not Jewish.)
Stephen Burridge
On 6/19/07, Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Stephen Burridge wrote:
>
> In "The Sun Also Rises" the narrator's references
to
> his Jewish compatriot, who had the brief
relationship
> with Brett, are pretty anti-Semitic, as I
recall.
>
> *************
> Cohn is an asshole. And he's Jewish. Does that
make
> the book anti-Semitic?
>
> miker
>
>
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