Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer by Denby, David
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer by Denby, David

Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent...
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Author: David Denby
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Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer by Denby, David

Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

$62.51
Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer by Denby, David

Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

$62.51
Author: David Denby
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life.

They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a historical moment and a common temperament. For all four, their Jewish heritage was electrified by American liberty. The results were explosive.

As prosperity for Jews increased and anti-Semitism began to fade after World War II, these four creative giants stormed through the latter half of the twentieth century, altering the way people around the world listened to music, defined what was vulgar, comprehended the relations of men and women, and understood the American soul. They were not saints; they were turbulent and self-dissatisfied intellectuals who fearlessly wielded their own newly won freedom to charge up American culture.

Celebratory yet candid, at times fiercely critical, David Denby presents these four figures as egotistical and generous--larger-than-life, all of them, yet vulnerable, even heartbreaking, in their ambition, ferocity, and pride.

Author: David Denby
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 04/08/2025
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250193407

About the Author
David Denby is the New York Times bestselling author of Great Books. His other books include American Sucker and Lit Up. He was a film critic for New York magazine and The New Yorker, where he is now a staff writer. His essays have appeared in The New Republic and The Atlantic. He lives in New York City with his wife, novelist Susan Rieger.
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