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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories by Nathan Englander
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780375704437
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Product Information
Energized, irreverent, and deliciously inventive stories from Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. In the collection's hilarious title story, a Hasidic man gets a special dispensation from his rabbi to see a prostitute. "The Wig" takes an aging wigmaker and makes her, for a single moment, beautiful. In "The Tumblers," Englander envisions a group of Polish Jews herded toward a train bound for the death camps and, in a deft, imaginative twist, turns them into acrobats tumbling out of harm's way. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges is a work of startling authority and imagination--a book that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad. It hearalds the arrival of a remarkable new storyteller.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375704434
ISBN-13
9780375704437
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1608812
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), Humorous / General, Jewish
Book Title
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges : Stories
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage International Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6in
Item Length
8in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Width
5.1in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
98-041727
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition." --The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable art. . . .The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." --Newsday "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie "His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." --Time Out New York, "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition." -- The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable art. . . .The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." -- Newsday "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie"His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." -- Time Out New York From the Trade Paperback edition., "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition." --The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable art. . . .The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." --Newsday "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . .It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie "His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." --Time Out New York, "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition." -- The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable art. . . .The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." -- Newsday "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie"His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." -- Time Out New York
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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