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O My America!: A Novel Audible – Unabridged

Johanna Kaplan (Author), Romy Nordlinger (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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A delightfully funny and moving novel about the singular life of a cantankerous Jewish-American writer and anarchist troublemaker, as remembered by his daughter. In 1972, 64-year-old Ezra Slavin's heart gives out at an anti-war rally. A contentious and irascible Jewish-American writer, anarchist, and inadvertent guru to discontented youth, he leaves behind a large extended family of ex-wives, lovers, and children, most of whom had cut all ties with the infuriating intellectual provocateur years earlier.

Out of the entire family, only one daughter, Merry, a journalist, can remember her father with her own critical, conflicted understanding, a saddened sympathy approaching love. As the day of his memorial approaches, she attempts to make sense of the puzzle of Ezra's life before all of its disparate, discordant elements come crashing together at the service.

The award-winning author of Other People's Lives, Johanna Kaplan creates a vivid cast of unforgettable characters who reveal the disparity between Ezra's long-suffering, neglected family, his admiring friends, and the youthful hangers-on - and, most notably, in the outrageously enigmatic Ezra himself. At once hilarious and poignant, O My America! offers a fascinating evocation of a time and place in America, a satiric history of the immigrant Jewish experience, and a wonderful portrait of an exasperating yet endearing anti-hero pursuing his unique vision of the American dream.

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Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 10 hours and 54 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Audible Studios
Audible.com Release Date: September 24, 2013
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B00EJMGVEE
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
- #2738 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Fiction & Literature > Classics
- #4405 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Satire
- #8029 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Political

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Very funny family novel set in the craziness of the 1970s

By A Customer on January 27, 1999

Format: Paperback

A young woman tries find peace and meaning among the complicated relationships of her extended family. The largest character in her life is her father, a forceful, famous, charming, infuriating Jewish cultural figure. He is an emotional presence in several households, and she moves among them, interreacting with loves and lovers of several generations. The novel is touching and moving but also very funny. It's like a play: the characters talk a variety of languages: the grandparents' Yiddish-English, the parents' old-time Jewish socialist English, the young people's New York English of the 1970's. They all sound exactly right. I especially enjoyed revisiting the seventies, which in this version turn out to have been exactly the way I remember but even funnier.

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Good Read from a Fine Author

By Andrew Rose on February 20, 2014

Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase

Johanna Kaplan combines the best of literature: a sharp acumen, deep insights, engaging characters, and a good sense of humor. This is a must read!
Andy Rose
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