A "book" that is a conversation between two great writers (only one so far has won the Nobel Prize), two volcanoes pouring out their souls, the hot Jewish lava important to their work and the human race. ".I judged all modern prose by Bellow's.I could not thank him enough when he was alive, and I cannot now," -James Wood, The New Republic. "Without any doubt, of all contemporary writers Norman Manea is the one who most deserves being known around the world," -Henrich Boell.