(Fiction, 307 pp. 2007)
Henryk Weiss, a young Polish Holocaust survivor, has reinvented himself at Harvard as Henry White. In a world governed by genteel prejudice and strong class values, both Archie and Sam, his non-Jewish roommates, have secrets of their own. Narrated by Sam, this novel probes the inner workings of self-identity, the cost of pursuing external rewards, and thwarted love
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- Review by Ron Charles, Washington Post, January 28, 2007
- Review by Michael Gorra, New York Times, February 4, 2007
- Review by Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, January 11, 2007
- Review by Steven G. Kellman, Forward, February 23, 2007
- Review by Adam Kirsch, New York Sun, January 24, 2007
- Review by Harvey Freedenberg, BookReporter.com
- Review by Rebecca Goldstein, New York Observer , January 29, 2007
- Profile by Esther B. Fein, New York Times, April 14, 1993
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