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Foreskin's Lament

By Shalom , Auslander

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group US;Riverhead Books
ISBN
9781101217634, 1101217634, 9781429543422, 1429543426
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
776 kB (794812 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
American -- 21st century -- Biography;Jews -- UnitAmerican--21st century;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--American;AuthorsAuthorsShalom -- Childhood and youth;AuslanderShalom;Authors

Description

A New York Times Notable Book, and a 'chaotic, laugh riot' (San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir. Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up and was estranged from his community, his religion and its traditions, he could not find the path to a life where he didn't struggle daily with the fear of God's formidable wrath. Foreskin's Lament reveals Auslander's 'painfully, cripplingly, incurably, miserably religious' youth in a strict, socially isolated Orthodox Jewish community, and recounts his rebellion and efforts to make a new life apart from it. His combination of unrelenting humor and anger renders a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith and family.

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