Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)
Autor(a) de Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
About the Author
Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1908. After studying English Literature at Boston University and earning an M.A. from Harvard University in 1931, Kemelman worked as a teacher in several Boston high schools, and later became a private businessman. During this time, he also mostrar mais pursued a career as a freelance writer. Kemelman is best known for his mystery-based rabbi books about David Small, a rabbi who solves murder cases. His early stories appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. His first rabbi novel, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1964. Some of Kemelman's other novels in the rabbi series include Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home, Monday the Rabbi Took Off, and Conversations with Rabbi Small. He died in 1996, at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Harry Kemelman
Three days with the Rabbi : Monday the Rabbi took off, Tuesday the Rabbi saw red, Wednesday the Rabbi got wet (1976) 62 cópias
Die Woche des Rabbi: Sieben Rabbi-Krimis: Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang /Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts /Am… (2007) 7 cópias
The Nine Mile Walk [short story] 2 cópias
One Day the Rabbi Might Leave 1 exemplar(es)
Kovolut aus 6 Bänden: Am Samstag aß der Rabbi nichts, Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang, Am Dienstag sah der Rabbi… 1 exemplar(es)
The Straw Man [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Man on the Ladder [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Bread and Butter Case [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Whistling Tea Kettle [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Time and Time Again [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
End Play [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Ten O'Clock Scholar [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Contribuinte — 32 cópias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Tree Frog • Eighth Moon • Come Back, Geordie • Madame Curie • Saturday The… (1967) 4 cópias
Den lystige bedemand og andre hårrejsende historier af gæster i Poe-klubben (1975) — Autor, algumas edições — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1908-11-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1996-12-15
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
- Locais de residência
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA - Educação
- Boston University (BA, English)
Harvard University (MA) - Ocupação
- teacher
mystery writer
Professor of English - Pequena biografia
- Harry Kemelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Isaac Kemelman and his wife Dora Prizer.
After receiving a B.A. in English literature from Boston University and an M.A. in linguistics from Harvard, he taught at a number of public schools and also night classes at Northeastern University. During World War II, he worked for the U.S. Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration. Following the war, he became a freelance writer and private businessman. In 1963, he was appointed assistant professor of English at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. He was also an assistant professor at Boston State College in the 1960s.
His literary career began with short stories published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
His debut book, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late (1964), became a massive bestseller, a difficult achievement for a religious-themed mystery, and won Kemelman the 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. The popular Rabbi Small series continued for more than 30 years and comprised a total of 11 books. Friday the Rabbi Slept Late was adapted into a television film by NBC in 1976, and was the basis of a short-lived TV series, Lanigan's Rabbi, which aired on the network in 1977.
In 2003, Kemelman's classic short story "The Nine Mile Walk" was made into a feature film in Toledo, Spain.
Membros
Resenhas
Kept me guessing all the way through, which, admittedly, wasn't terribly long because I couldn't put it down! George Guidall narrates this perfectly. I loved learning a little about Judaism!
This is the fifth Rabbi Smal book I've read and the first time I solved the mystery on my own. Still an entertaining read though.
I love books with Jewish characters (especially when written by Jews) and I enjoy indulging in pulp from time to time. Thursday the Rabbit Walked Out (the 7th of 7 books in this series, of which I've read them all) combines both. Although I don't love Rabbi Small (the crime solving, small town rabbi), nor do I have much in common with any of the other characters, these books always capture my attention.
A year from now I probably won't be able to tell any of the books apart, so I don't know where I'd rank this one in the series. As a stand-alone book it does just fine though. There's a murder, the police have trouble finding out who did it, and along comes David Small to solve the case, usually nonchalantly in the last few pages. Kimelman uses these books to teach about Judaism perhaps as much as he does to write about crime solving, and that's absolutely ok with me.
I think these books are for a very unique audience, but if you like Jewish pulp then I'd recommend checking them out. I think each one cost me like $2 or $3 used… (mais)
A year from now I probably won't be able to tell any of the books apart, so I don't know where I'd rank this one in the series. As a stand-alone book it does just fine though. There's a murder, the police have trouble finding out who did it, and along comes David Small to solve the case, usually nonchalantly in the last few pages. Kimelman uses these books to teach about Judaism perhaps as much as he does to write about crime solving, and that's absolutely ok with me.
I think these books are for a very unique audience, but if you like Jewish pulp then I'd recommend checking them out. I think each one cost me like $2 or $3 used… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Also by
- 12
- Membros
- 7,004
- Popularidade
- #3,493
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 121
- ISBNs
- 325
- Idiomas
- 12
- Favorito
- 5
One Friday night a dead woman is found in the temple parking lot; her purse is found in the back seat of Rabbi Small's car. The temple board of directors thinks that they need a more experienced rabbi - one more conservative, and one a little older. Things are not going well for David Small.
I loved the Rabbi David Small mysteries when I was a teenager. I have a lifelong fascination for Judaism, and these books offered an eager young woman the chance to have a glimpse into rabbinic life, and I was intrigued by new-to-me words and ideas such as minyan and Talmud and phylacteries. I'm in my late 50s now, and I found the narrative rather dull, the mysteries contrived, and the outdatedness of the male/female relationship within and without marriage made me wince more than once.
I have three more David Small books on my reader (they came in an inexpensive four-pack), and I will probably finish them, as despite their outdated quality, they are relaxing and easy to read, which are great qualities when my days are stressful.… (mais)