Authors: Nathan Englander
ISBN-13: 9780739342824, ISBN-10: 0739342827
Format: MP3 Book
Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.
Date Published: April 2007
Edition: Unabridged
Nathan Englander’s short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, and numerous anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Englander’s story collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, earned him a PEN/Malamud Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.
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.
"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
His debut collection of unforgettable stories establishes his voice as unique.
The Twenty-seventh Man | 1 | |
The Tumblers | 25 | |
Reunion | 57 | |
The Wig | 81 | |
The Gilgul of Park Avenue | 107 | |
Reb Kringle | 139 | |
The Last One Way | 153 | |
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges | 175 | |
In This Way We Are Wise | 193 |