A.B. Yehoshua's A Journey to the End of the Millennium
This is the first book for the Jewish literature discussion group, and I stull think it's a crappy choice to start a book group with. I remember liking it in college (I once wrote a paper on it) but it was a much slower read this time. Anyway, it takes place in 999 and is mainly about a Moroccan Jew with two wives. He's in business with his nephew and with a Muslim partner, but his nephew's new European Jewish wife is trying to break up the partnership b/c she thinks having two wives is wrong. Yehoshua is a writer I love, but this is not one of my favorite books of his. I guess discussion will be interesting, if nothing else.
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