Talking About the Book and the Body: An Author Reflects on Our 'Dark

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05-16-1997

Talking About the Book and the Body: An Author Reflects on Our `Dark Romance with Illness'

Eighty years ago, Abraham Cahan, editor of the Forverts, published "The Rise of David Levinsky," his novel about the fortunes -- spiritual and material -- of an immigrant who makes it in America. Because Jonathan Rosen, a Forward editor, has just published his first novel, we were curious to see how Cahan handled the delicate matter of dealing with ...

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