Here Is Einbaum

by Wright Morris

Book by Morris, Wright

81 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 1973

About the author

Wright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.
Morris won the National Book Award for The Field of Vision in 1956. His final novel, Plains Song won the American Book Award in 1981.

Reviews

[Joshua · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first time reading Wright Morris, picked up by chance at a book sale. These are delightful, nostalgic, anxious, unsettling stories.

The title story is a bit of a narrative experiment, which I can't do justice to with an explanation. It follows a peculiar German Jew, Einbaum, through a tragicomic adventure not of his own choosing.

'Magic' was my least favorite, being dialogues of an eccentric family that were hard to follow.

'A Fight Between a White Boy and a Black Boy...' is a beautiful story, so many layers despite its brevity. Two boys resigned to conflict in an old rural Nebraskan scene.

Remaining stories were great, too. I love this dude's vibe.