{"product_id":"shylock-is-my-name-william-shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice-retold-a-novel-9780804141345","title":"Shylock Is My Name: William Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice Retold: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eMan Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson brings his singular brilliance to this modern re-imagining of one of Shakespeare's most unforgettable characters: Shylock\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch. With characteristic irony, Jacobson presents Shylock as a man of incisive wit and passion, concerned still with questions of identity, parenthood, anti-Semitism and revenge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Strulovich struggles to reconcile himself to his daughter Beatrice's \"betrayal\" of her family and heritage--as she is carried away by the excitement of Manchester high society, and into the arms of a footballer notorious for giving a Nazi salute on the field--Shylock alternates grief for his beloved wife with rage against his own daughter's rejection of her Jewish upbringing. Culminating in a shocking twist on Shylock's demand for the infamous pound of flesh, Jacobson's insightful retelling examines contemporary, acutely relevant questions of Jewish identity while maintaining a poignant sympathy for its characters and a genuine spiritual kinship with its antecedent--a drama which Jacobson himself considers to be \"the most troubling of Shakespeare's plays for anyone, but, for an English novelist who happens to be Jewish, also the most challenging.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804141345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Howard Jacobson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917034262709,"sku":"9780804141345","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_062c0953-3ce9-417b-a053-10ac5db67531.jpg?v=1687275893","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shylock-is-my-name-william-shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice-retold-a-novel-9780804141345","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}