Metonymies of Jewish Postcoloniality: The British Mandate for Palestine and Israel in Contemporary British Jewish Fiction

Jewish and British histories were never more fatefully intertwined than during the

little attention outside specialist circles and does not feature centrally in the many

result of non-Jewish amnesia, but also relates to the fact that for many British Jews

acute an embarrassment as the contentious politics of the state of Israel. Since the

period and relationship the focus of their narratives. The article argues that British

the Palestine Mandate bring about the convergence not only of English (or British)

past. The contribution discusses works by Linda Grant, Bernice Rubens and Jonathan

Wilson.