Passage from Home

by Isaac Rosenfeld, Isaac Rosenfeld

This outstanding family novel, set in a Jewish neighborhood of Chicago, is "the fullest articulation of the generational conflict between Jewish fathers and sons," writes Alexander Bloom in his 1986 book "Prodigal Sons". The central character, a fifteen year old boy in rebellion against the petit bourgeois values of his family, engineers an affair between his flamboyant aunt and his easy-going Gentile cousin by marriage. He then leaves his father and moves into the house of this new couple, where he experiences the excitement and problem of an open relationship.

Genres: Fiction

306 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

Reviews

[Arnie Kahn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novel was much praised when it was published in 1946, a coming of age novel of a Jewish boy in Chicago who leaves his parents’ house to live with his aunt, who has been banished from the family. There is some wonderful writing here as the main character grapples with what it means to be an adult in the absence of a suitable role model. I was wildly enthusiastic about the first half of the novel, but lost some of that enthusiasm during the second half as there was little action and Bernie, the main character, ponders over and over what this means and that means, and if this means that then what about...

[Zohreh Avatefi hafez · Rating 4 out of 5]

داستان پسر بچه ای یهودی که از محدودیت های سخت گیرانه (مذهبی و سنتی) پدرش دچار ملال شده است و به عمه اش که یک فرد ماجراجو با تخیلات آزاد است متمایل می شود
ایزاک رزنفلد یک نویسنده یهودی آمریکایی که در اوج نبوغ د سن سی و هشت سالگی در اثر سکته قلبی ار دنیا رفت
داستان کوتاه سرتیپ از او در کتاب یک درخت یک صخره یک ابر موجود است

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

ah, what to say? when you like something you just like it. and i liked it. a lot.