The Old Religion: A Novel
David Mamet
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Fine in dust jacket. Light bump on one corner. Signed by Mamet on the title-page. Seller Inventory # b22326
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Old Religion: A Novel
Publisher: Free Press, New York
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition
About this title
The events are straightforward, and Mamet leaves no doubt over the course of the story as to the final outcome. But he does not portray the events so much as he probes the state of mind of Leo Frank, never relenting from the terse, stylized language familiar to fans of his plays. At the beginning of The Old Religion, despite his awareness of the growing anti-Semitism in the South (or perhaps because of it), Frank suppresses his heritage as much as possible. Even at a seder, "he pronounced the word kosher gingerly, as if to say, I don't disclaim that I have heard it, but I do not wish to say it freely, as to arrogate it to myself on the mere precedent of blood." But as the trial goes on, we are shown Frank's growing realization that, although he has embraced the American way of life, it will not embrace him in return.
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