For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
Author(s): Nathan Englander
One of the most stunning literary debuts of our time, these energized, irreverent, and deliciously inventive stories introduce an astonishing new talent.
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 Information
General Fields
- :
- : Vintage Books USA
- : Vintage Books USA
- : 0.231
- : 01 February 2000
- : 205mm X 137mm X 15mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 224
- : 8
- : Paperback / softback
- : Nathan Englander