Foreskin's lament, a memoir, Shalom Auslander
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Foreskin's lament, a memoir, Shalom Auslander
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
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non fiction
Main title
Foreskin's lament
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522824122425087
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Shalom Auslander
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
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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