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Shylock Must Die, Paperback / softback Book

Shylock Must Die Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Since his first public appearance in the late 1590s, Shylock has been synonymous with antisemitism.

Many of his bon mots remain common currency among Jew-haters; among them "3000 ducats" and the immortal "pound of flesh".

But Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, was incapable of inventing anyone so uninteresting; instead he affords Shylock such ambiguity that some of his other lines have become keynotes for believers in shared humanity and tolerance.

Following Shakespeare's example these stories - all inspired by The Merchant of Venice - range from the comic to the melancholic.

Many pivot on significant productions of the play: Stockholm in 1944, London in 2012, and Venice in 2016.

Some are concerned with domestic matters, others with the political, including one - more outrageous than the others - that links Shylock via Israel with the American presidency; most combine both.

Running through these linked stories - of which there are seven, like the ages of man - is the cycle of family life, with all its comedy and tragedy.

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