A critical study of Richard Stern's works, exploring his themes of betrayal, identity, and family through an academic lens.
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A critical study of Richard Stern's works, exploring his themes of betrayal, identity, and family through an academic lens.
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Richard Stern's 16 books of fiction and nonfiction have won prestigious prizes and have been strongly praised by many prominent writers, including his close friends Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Still, the author of the novels Golk (1960), Stitch (1965), Other Men's Daughters (1973), Natural Shocks (1978), and A Father's Words (1986), among others, is, as a Newsweek reviewer has described him, "one of this country's best-kept secrets." An academic long affiliated with the University of Chicago, S...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor references to sexual themes in Stern's works; not explicit or central.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language noted.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation noted.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Minor social and cultural commentary in Stern's themes; not dominant.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide themes depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Minor themes of betrayal and emotional suffering in Stern's works.
Other
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