Howard Jacobson quotes

Howard Jacobson is a British novelist and journalist, renowned for his witty and satirical fiction exploring Jewish identity and modern life. His works often blend humor with deep cultural and philosophical themes. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Booker Prize for his novel "The Finkler Question." Here are 7 of his quotes:

I'm a Jewish Jane Austen.

Howard Jacobson

In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur.

Howard Jacobson

All those words of praise they use for novels – spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?

Howard Jacobson

In the highly improbable event of his being asked to nominate the one most un-Jewish thing he could think of, Sefton Goldberg would have been hard pressed to decide between Nature – that's to say birds, trees, flowers, and country walks – and football – that's to say beer, bikies, mud, and physical pain.

Howard Jacobson

How do you go on knowing that you will never again - not ever, ever - see the person you have loved? How do you survive a single hour, a single minute, a single second of that knowledge? How do you hold yourself together?

Howard Jacobson

He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.

Howard Jacobson