Finkler question je o tom, jaké to je být dnes židem. Jaké to je nebýt židem. Jaké to je nebýt si jistý tím, jestli jsem, nebo nejsem židem. A jaké je to chtít být židem a zkoumat všechna pravidla. A také o tom, jaké si myslíme, že to všechno je.
A to všechno je to napsané s notnou dávkou humoru.

"In time, Treslove came to believe he could very easily have reason to suspect Finkler of setting his sights on Hepzibah.
(...)
Why would I imagine it?" he asked. "I´m happy. I´m in love. I believe I am loved. Where would I conjure up this dread from?"
"The usual place." Libor said.
"That´s too czech for me, Libor. Where´s the usual place:"
"The place everything we fear comes from. The place where we store our longing for the end of things."
"That´s more Czech still. I have no longing for the end of things."
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