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Foreskin's Lament

Download or Read eBook Foreskin's Lament PDF written by Shalom Auslander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Foreskin's Lament
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9781101217634
ISBN-13 : 1101217634
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Foreskin's Lament by : Shalom Auslander

Book excerpt: 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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