Joshua Cohen beleuchtet in "Aufzeichnungen aus der Höhle" die Gegenwart, indem er schmerzhafte Themen wie den Hamas-Angriff auf Israel und die amerikanische Politik an ungewöhnlichen Orten behandelt. Mit scharfem Witz und tiefem Verständnis reflektiert er über Literatur und Persönlichkeiten, was ihn zu einem der klügsten Denker unserer Zeit macht.
Joshua Cohen Ordine dei libri
Joshua Aaron Cohen è un romanziere e scrittore di racconti americano. La sua opera esplora le profonde complessità dell'esistenza umana e le intricate sfumature della vita contemporanea. Cohen è noto per il suo distintivo stile di prosa e la sua capacità di immergere i lettori nel mondo interiore dei suoi personaggi.






- 2024
- 2023
Die Netanjahus
oder vielmehr der Bericht über ein nebensächliches und letztlich sogar unbedeutendes Ereignis in der Geschichte einer sehr berühmten Familie
Winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum ist Historiker und der einzige Jude am nördlich von New York gelegenen Corbin College. Wie er immer wieder betonen muss, ist er deswegen jedoch noch lange nicht auf die Geschichte des Judentums festgelegt. Am liebsten würde er sich auch vor der heiklen Kommission drücken, bei der es um die Bewerbung eines Kollegen aus Israel geht, doch der Dekan hat ihn zur Teilnahme verdonnert. Da dieser Ben-Zion Netanjahu gleich seine ganze Familie zum Vorstellungsgespräch mitschleppt, wird Blum auch noch unfreiwillig zum Gastgeber. Die Netanjahus mit ihren drei verzogenen Söhnen fallen in sein Haus ein wie eine Plage, und bald gerät Blums mühsam errungene Akzeptanz im amerikanischen Mainstream in Gefahr. Der mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnete Campusroman Die Netanjahus nähert sich dem Thema jüdische Identität auf originelle Weise. Joshua Cohen verwandelt eine wahre Begebenheit im Leben der berühmten Politikerfamilie mit überbordender Fantasie und wilder Komik in ein literarisches Feuerwerk.
- 2022
British Antifascism and the Holocaust, 1945-79
- 168pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
The book examines the impact of the Holocaust on British antifascist movements from 1945 to 1979. It delves into how the memory and lessons of the Holocaust influenced political activism and public sentiment against fascism in Britain, highlighting key events, figures, and ideological shifts during this period. Through a detailed analysis, it reveals the complex relationship between historical memory and contemporary political action in the fight against fascism.
- 2021
The Best Assassination in the Nation
- 324pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
"A triumphant debut! Crisp prose and rich characterizations... Fans of classic P.I. novels will hope for more from Cohen." ― Publishers WeeklyBenjamin Gold is damaged goods. After he cracked up in the war and was discharged into a psych ward, his rich wife dumped him. Right after that, the white-shoe law firm that never hired Jews dumped him too; without powerful in-laws, it didn't matter how many cases he won or how much he shortened his name. Unemployable as a lawyer, he wound up working as a private eye—and not exactly at the top of the profession. Drunk and anorectic, his only remaining friends are bartenders and bottles.After a long string of jilted wives and small-time scams, Gold isn't expecting the beautiful daughter of his legal hero to show up in his office. Especially not with a crazy theory that her father—recently shot dead, supposedly in a random robbery—was in fact assassinated by order of Cleveland's biggest tycoon, Clayton Forsythe.To prove Judith Sorin's case, Benjamin Gold has to navigate a web of lies and evasion, a legal establishment that's been bought and paid for, disappearing witnesses, the FBI, surprisingly polite thugs, and the Forsythes—who just happen to be his former in-laws. A tall order for anyone, and Benny Goldstein has never been lucky...
- 2021
The Netanyahus
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2021 A KIRKUS BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2021 "Absorbing, delightful, hilarious, breathtaking and the best and most relevant novel I’ve read in what feels like forever." —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, The New York Times Book Review Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish Inquisition. When Benzion Netanyahu shows up for an interview, family unexpectedly in tow, Blum plays the reluctant host to guests who proceed to lay waste to his American complacencies. Mixing fiction with nonfiction, the campus novel with the lecture, The Netanyahus is a wildly inventive, genre-bending comedy of blending, identity, and politics that finds Joshua Cohen at the height of his powers.
- 2021
- 2018
Culturally significant, this reproduction preserves the integrity of the original artifact, including copyright references and library stamps. It serves as a vital part of the knowledge base of civilization, reflecting the historical importance of the work. Scholars recognize its value, making it an essential read for those interested in the preservation of cultural heritage.
- 2017
A propulsive, incendiary novel about faith, race, class, and what it means to have a home, from Joshua Cohen, 'a major American writer' (NEW YORK TIMES).
- 2016
In der New Yorker Carnegie Hall wird ein Violinkonzert aufgeführt, da kommt es zu einem Eklat. Der Geigenvirtuose Laster soll ein Solo improvisieren, doch stattdessen legt er sein Instrument nieder und hebt an zu einer Hommage an Schneidermann, den Komponisten des Stücks. Schneidermann ist nach dem letzten gemeinsamen Kinobesuch verschwunden. Vor der versammelten New Yorker High Society - darunter seine Exfrauen und deren Anwälte - erinnert Laster sich an all das, was die beiden durchlebt haben: Holocaust, Krieg und das Exil in Amerika. Mit seinem Loblied auf die Freundschaft fesselt er sein Publikum bis in die frühen Morgenstunden. In seinem Debütroman entwirft Joshua Cohen, einer der originellsten Autoren der jungen Generation und Absolvent der Manhattan School of Music, ein ungewöhnliches Künstlerporträt. Zugleich gibt SOLO FÜR SCHNEIDERMANN die Bühne frei für eine wilde Suada voller komischer Momente.
- 2015
Book of Numbers
- 592pagine
- 21 ore di lettura
`Dazzling and engrossing' Colm Toibin, GuardianA Granta Best Young American AuthorBook of Numbers is a novel about two men of the same age and with the same name: Joshua Cohen.


