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Vintage International Ser.: For the Relief of Unbearable Urges : Stories by Nathan Englander (2000, Trade Paperback)
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By Nathan Englander . For the Relief of Unbearable Urges This is a nice, clean, tight, 2000 book in NEW Condition. NEW Paperback Book (Still Wrapped in Publisher's Plastic Covering). PAPERBACK Book.
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Energized, irreverent, and deliciously inventive stories from Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. 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 Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375704434
ISBN-139780375704437
eBay Product ID (ePID)1608812
Product Key Features
Publication Year2000
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Humorous / General, Jewish
Book TitleFor the Relief of Unbearable Urges : Stories
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorNathan Englander
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6in
Item Length8in
Item Weight8.2 Oz
Item Width5.1in
Additional Product Features
LCCN98-041727
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "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 "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie "His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." --Time Out New York, "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "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 "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie"His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." -- Time Out New York From the Trade Paperback edition., "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "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 "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . .It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie "His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." --Time Out New York, "Englander's voice is distinctly his own--daring, funny and exuberant." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "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 "Every so often there's a new voice that entirely revitalizes the story. . . . It's happening again with Nathan Englander, whose precise, funny, heartbreaking, well-controlled but never contrived stories open a window on a fascinating landscape we might never have known was there. It's the best story collection I've read in ages." --Ann Beattie"His characters are marvelously sympathetic creations. . . . What is most striking about the collection is not the subject matter but Englander's genius for telling a tale. . . . Invite[s] comparison to some of the best storytellers--Gogol, Singer, Kafka and even John Cheever." -- Time Out New York
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Number of Pages224 Pages
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