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Afterword by Arthur Miller
Long out of print, Arthur Miller's first novel now reissued in paperback to coincide with the release of a movie version
Set in Brooklyn in the last years of World War Two, Arthur Miller's first novel is a story of man's inhumanity to man and a brilliant study of everyday anti-semitism. When Lawrence Newman, office worker and ordinary anti-semite, starts wearing glasses he suddenly find people mistaking him for one of the Jews he hates. As he bears the brunt of bigotry from those he'd thought his friends, he turns for support and understanding to the same Jewish immigrants he had previously so despised. This paperback edition includes as an Afterword an essay by Arthur Miller entitled 'The Face in the Mirror: Anti-Semitism Then and Now'. 'Miller can you give you a subway ride, or a tour through a suburban wasteland, or a picture of the city on a sweltering night tht would make any New Yorker in exile homesick. And he can write eloquently...he leaves you in no doubt of the rancourous fear-born prejudices Newman had to face' New York Times
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About Arthur Miller Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he began work with the Federal Theatre Project. His first Broadway hit was All My Sons, closely followed by Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge and The Price. His works of fiction include the novella Plain Girl and a collection of short stories, I Don't Need You Any More. His non-fiction includes In Russia, Chinese Encounters, 'Salesman' in Beijing and his autobiography, Timebends. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century, Miller died in 2005.
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