The Fixer (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Bernard Malamud - our modern selves

Kiev, in the years before World War I, is a hotbed of anti-Semitism. When a 12-year-old Russian boy is found stabbed to death, his body drained of blood, the accusation of ritual murder is made against the Jews. Yokov Bok, a carpenter, is blamed, arrested and imprisoned without indictment.

our modern selves
malamud is an excellent writer. he stoicly captures something that is undefined, but really reflects for me suburban life in jersey and nyc in the sixties (even though this is a book about russia). i liked this book for the humanity it places on the face of suffering at the hands of injustice; how despite all the beatings and deprivations, the character holds on to his essential jewishness. but the book is more than being jewish (which in many ways i am [dont tell this to my orthodox friends)), it is about standing by principles of honesty, integrity, patience, tolerance, and all the other virtues that make life living worthwhile despite whatever else society may say or act.

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