He assumes that the parts he does not understand are clear only to Jews. He praises Jonathan's first chapter, our Chapter 2. Jonathan has sent Alex payment for his writing, which Alex accepts, but he says he would write for free because he is honored to do so for an American writer. But Alex's revisions miss the point, and he changes "very spoiled Jew" to "spoiled Jew." Jonathan also has asked Alex to condense the part about himself. For example Jonathan has asked him to remove the phrase "very spoiled Jew" and the word "Negro" to make the text more politically correct. Jonathan has asked him to make corrections to the first chapter. Jonathan gave Alex a copy of a picture of Augustine with her family, with which both of the young men have fallen in love.Īlex apologizes for not being a better writer and translator. The men visited six villages, but did not find the woman named Augustine. A guard on a train stole a box from Jonathan that contained important things. Thus, Alex makes awkward substitutions such as "manufacture" for "make" and "premium" for "good." Enclosed with the letter are postcards of Lutsk, census ledgers of six villages before World War II, and some photographs Jonathan asked Alex to keep for him. He has given Alex an English thesaurus to help him write. We learn that Jonathan has asked Alex to write summaries of the trip from his own point of view. Alex discusses the first chapter he wrote for Jonathan, which is Chapter 1 of the novel. This is the first letter from Alex to Jonathan.
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