Foreskin's Lament
- Authors
- Auslander, Shalom
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Tags
- religion , humour
- ISBN
- 9781101217634
- Date
- 2007-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.76 MB
- Lang
- en
A "New York Times" Notable Book, and a "chaotic, laugh riot"("San Francisco Chronicle") of a memoir-- first time in trade paperback.
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 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.