The Varieties of Jewish Experience

by Larry Lefkowitz

Book Overview

Allen Ginsberg, while in the New York State Psychiatric Institute, met Carl Solomon. Their first exchange: Solomon: "Who are you?" Ginsberg: "I'm Myshkin." Solomon: "I'm Kirilov." From that moment their friendship started. Myshkin is the idiot in Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot" (he ends his life in a Swiss asylum) while Kirilov is one of the possessed characters in Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed". Sometimes diverse cultures meet. The heroic samurai Benkei,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1959984055
• ISBN13: 9781959984054
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Fomite
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"