The Drama of the Assimilated Jew

In The Drama of the Assimilated Jew, Lucienne Kroha makes Bassani’s personal and literary journey accessible to English-language readers.

Lucienne Kroha is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at McGill University.

‘A wide ranging, thought-provoking and intelligent reading of the work of Giorgio Bassani… Kroha’s book makes an important contribution to Bassani studies as well as to Jewish studies and gender studies.’

Emiliano Perra:

‘There is much to praise in this monograph… With her subtle and compelling argument, Kroha has given us more elements to better evaluate the place of Bassani in Italian and European Jewish and non-Jewish literary culture.’

Jonathan Druker:

‘The Drama of the Assimilated Jew offers a comprehensive and highly integrated analysis of Bassani’s major works, and will be an invaluable tool for scholars of Italian Judaism, modern Jewish Literature in Europe, and the sociology and psychology of Jewish masculinity.’

Emiliano Perra:

‘There is much to praise in this monograph…. With her subtle and compelling argument, Kroha has given us more elements to better evaluate the place of Bassani in Italian and European Jewish and non-Jewish literary culture.’

Brian Moloney, Department of Modern Languages, University of Hull:
“An excellent study of a major Italian author which will be much appreciated both by scholars and students of Italian literature and of Holocaust studies. I am sure The Drama of the Assimilated Jew will become an indispensable cornerstone of Bassani studies.”

Nancy Harrowitz, Department of Romance Studies, Boston University:
“The Drama of the Assimilated Jew is a lively, engaging book full of thoughtful readings of Bassani’s texts, analyses that range from compelling to brilliant. Original both in scope and in execution, it underlines the genius of his prose while making abundantly clear his connections and indebtedness to a broad European pre- and post-Holocaust Jewish context.”