- Jews, American Authors, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
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 his way to a life where he didn't struggle against God daily.Foreskin's Lament reveals Auslander's youth in a strict, socially isolated Orthodox community, and recounts his rebellion and efforts to make a new life apart from it.
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Classical in form, character-led, comic and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Shalom Auslander
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 310
- Publisher
- Brand: Picador, Riverhead Books, Penguin Audio
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781429543422
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