Foreskin's Lament A Memoir

Name: Foreskin's Lament A Memoir
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ISBN: 9781594483332

ISBN-10: 1594483337

ISBN-13: 9781594483332

Edition: N/A

Authors: Shalom Auslander

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A New York TimesNotable 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 didnt struggle daily with the fear of Gods formidable wrath. Foreskins Lamentreveals Auslanders 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…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.10" wide x 8.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Shalom Auslander was raised in Monsey, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under thirty-five, he has published articles in Esquire, the New York Times Magazine, Tablet, and the New Yorker, and has had stories aired on NPR's This American Life. He is the author of the short-story collection Beware of God and the memoir Foreskin's Lament. He lives in New York.