Foreskin's Lament
A New York Times Notable Book, and a “chaotic, laugh riot”(San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir— first time in trade paperback.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...
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A New York Times Notable Book, and a “chaotic, laugh riot”(San Francisco Chronicle) of a memoir— first time in trade paperback.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 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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594483332 (1594483337)
ASIN: 1594483337
Publish date: October 7th 2008
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Literature,
Book Club,
Jewish,
Religion,
Biography Memoir,
Judaism,
Judaica