The Rabbi of Lud

Stanley Elkin

1987

[…] There I am, a kid in Chicago. Not from a particularly religious family. On top of the world, in the middle of the middle class. Ten years old and an only child. The war over half a decade and the good guys winners. Absolutely content. Not looking for trouble—and where could I find it if I was?—and coming into consciousness postwar. This is the…

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Stanley Elkin

1930–1995

Stanley Elkin, a novelist, short story writer, and essayist, grew up in New York and Chicago, and taught at Washington University of St. Louis. His works often addressed American consumerism and popular culture. Among his literary honors were two National Book Critics Circle Awards, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, and grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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