The Cannibal Galaxy (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cynthia Ozick
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Twentieth century, Jews or Jewish life, Nazism or Nazis, Holocaust, Jewish
- Locales: United States, Paris, France
In a story rich with metaphor, even the title of Cynthia Ozick's first novel in seventeen years, The Cannibal Galaxy, is pregnant with meaning. An astronomical term, a cannibal galaxy is a huge galaxy that swallows another until the smaller becomes an insignificant component of the larger; Western culture is the cannibal galaxy that devours Jewish culture. This story is about the struggle against having Judaism devoured by the modern world, yet the characters’ particularly Jewish struggles parallel and reflect the struggles of many people, regardless of religious or cultural...
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