The Finkler Question
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A scorching story of friendship and loss, exclusion and belonging, and of the wisdom and humanity of maturity. Funny, furious, unflinching, this extraordinary novel shows one of our finest writers at his brilliant best.
Imprint:
London : - Bloomsbury
Pages:
307
ISBN:
9781408808870, 9781408809105
Language:
English
Statement of responsibility:
Howard Jacobson
Characteristics:
307 p. ;,24 cm.
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Add a CommentOh my I am surprised to read these negative comments about The Finkler Question :o. I think Howard Jacobson is nothing short of a poetic and comedic genius! I laughed and was inspired by his magnificent use of language on every page.
It is difficult to know how this book won the 2010 Booker. It is touted as being humourous. It is not.
Wow. Howard Jacobson won the £50,000 (US$78,989) Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Finkler Question....seriously?!!! Seriously? Wow. The Finkler Question was pedantic, monotone, depressing drivel on being Jewish....enough already! What a waste of ink, money and my time. One sorry, boring excuse for a book. Very, very disappointing.
zzzzz....zzzzzz..umm..what? oh just more conversation about being Jewish? Yeah Howard, you wrote that 30 pages ago and again 40 pages ago...literary dribble...a great sleep aid though.
I was really looking forward to this book, but by 50 pages into it, I knew that it was curtains. What a dismal pedantic waste of effort putting this together.. Now on to something more worthwhile. How do folks write books like this.
BAH! This book is SO pretentious! The characters are all unlikeable, and the premise was just insulting. (A non Jewish man tries to discover what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century? Seriously?) Thanks Man Booker for giving me ANOTHER book that is almost impossible to finish. Skip it.
I too found it funny at times,insightfull, but too much jewish experience.
Howard Jacobsen is my new favourite author. The Finkler Question is a great read, very funny and insightful.
I didn't make it past the first 50 pages, so I am not qualified to say whether there was a plot in this book, but I must say, if there was a plotline, I never found it. The writing is good but the stream-of-consciousness style lacks tension, so there was nothing driving me to read on. In fact, it was downright tedious. If you're curious about what it means to be Jewish, you may find this book more interesting than I did.
do I ever like this book. It is so funny.