Fredelin Perez Perez itibaren Nashville, MO, الولايات المتحدة itibaren Nashville, MO, الولايات المتحدة

Spoiler A comedy about anti-Semitism that I found very boring, most likely because I didn’t get Chekhovian, Yiddish, Zionism jokes or shtick for this novel. Three male friends two Jewish, one Christian. Julian, the Christian narrator’s first Jewish person he has ever met is Sam Finkler, the prototype in his mind of all Jews, thus "The Finkler Question." Desperately afraid of stereotyping Jews, Julian nonetheless takes on in all the classic Jewish caricatures including envying their legendary business and academic success, their history-dominating grief, even the flawless timing of their dismissive shrugs. It sounds funny as I type but when I read the novel I just didn’t really care what happened to the characters. For me that is a deal breaker in a good book.

Culler makes a great case for what we can learn from structuralism (how to avoid the 'unseemly rush from word to world'), and, perhaps more importantly right now, what we can't (positivism on the one hand, and relativism on the other). Can't wait to read his book on deconstruction.

Cliche per page ratio way too high - quit before 10 pages.