Books: Englander taps Kafkaesque isolation in ‘Special Cases’
Nathan Englander\’s new novel, \”The Ministry of Special Cases\” (Alfred A. Knopf), begins on a dark night in a dangerous time: \”Jews bury themselves the way they live, crowded together, encroaching on one another\’s space. The headstones were packed tight, the bodies underneath elbow to elbow and head to toe.