Dr. Jacobson graduated from the Univ of the Witwatersrand, Med Sch, Johannesburg, So Africa in 1975. He works in Washington, DC and specializes in Ophthalmology.
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Shakespeare's Magnanimity: Four Tragic Heroes, Their Friends, and Families
series of novels by contemporary writers reimagining Shakespeares plays on the 400th anniversary of his death. So far weve had Jeanette Wintersons The Gap of Time: The Winters Tale Retold and Howard Jacobsons Shylock is My Name, an interpretation of The Merchant of Venice.
My friend Maureen Lipman is disgusted with me and speaks clearly about that publicly also. As does Howard Jacobson, whom I dont really know, much admire as a writer and wish that I knew. But he pillories me, lampoons me in a very public way. I totally accept his right to do so but it does
Ferris' cyber-identity tale "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" and Fowler's unusual family story "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves" were shortlisted alongside Flanagan and three novels by British writers Ali Smith's dual-narrative story "How to Be Both," Howard Jacobson's dystopian "J'' and N
They are up against three novels by British writers Ali Smith's dual-narrative story "How to Be Both," Howard Jacobson's dystopian "J'' and Neel Mukherjee's Calcutta-set "The Lives of Others" and wartime love story "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" by Australia's Richard Flanagan.
Insurance and Fund Management CorrespondentSet in the dystopian coastal town of Port Reuben some 60 years in the future, J, by 2010 Booker laureate Howard Jacobson, takes up the stories of on-off lovers Ailinn Solomons and Kevern Coco Cohen.
The shortlist of six, taken from a longlist of 13, is: Joshua Ferri, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour; Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North; Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves; Howard Jacobson, J; Neel Mukherjee, The Lives of Others and Ali Smith's How to be Both.
Date: Sep 09, 2014
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Book Buzz: Two Americans make the Man Booker shortlist
ecent Hour and Fowler for We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. The rest of the list includes Australian author Richard Flanagan for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, as well as British authors Howard Jacobson, Neel Mukjerjee and Ali Smith for their books J, The Lives of Others and How to Be Both.
Date: Sep 09, 2014
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Two American authors make shortlist for Man Booker prize
With his nomination for "J", a love story set in anOrwellian world, Howard Jacobson could become the first man towin twice. The other contenders are Australia's Richard Flanaganand Britons Neel Mukherjee and Ali Smith, who has also made theshortlist before.