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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Beware of God: Storiesby Shalom Auslander
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Shalom Auslander's stories in Beware of God have the mysterious punch of a dream. They are wide ranging and inventive: A young Jewish man's inexplicable transformation into a very large, blond, tattooed goy ends with an argument over whether or not his father can beat his unclean son with a copy of the Talmud. A pious man having a near-death experience discovers that God is actually a chicken, and he's forced to reconsider his life — and his diet. At God's insistence, Leo Schwartzman searches Home Depot for supplies for an ark. And a young boy mistakes Holocaust Remembrance Day as emergency preparedness training for the future. Auslander draws upon his upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish community in New York State to craft stories that are filled with shame, sex, God, and death, but also manage to be wickedly funny and poignant. Review:"[A] fresh voice, and wonderfully fearless." Kirkus Reviews Review:"It's a noble tradition that includes such luminaries as Groucho Marx, Fran Lebowitz and Jon Stewart, outsiders who mock society with a surgical scalpel of wit to reveal the ridiculous in sharp relief. To that illustrious group some may consider adding writer Shalom Auslander." Los Angeles Times Review:"Auslander avoids cheap laughs, his point in these stories being that all of us, deeply observant of our faith or not, take the doctrine and ritualistic trappings of organized religion far too seriously." Booklist Review:"Hilarious, curious, possibly scandalous, keenly observed and bleeding fresh." Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors Synopsis:An inventive, surreal, and absurd collection — and much anticipated literary debut of a fresh young humor writer. About the AuthorShalom Auslander was raised as an Orthodox Jew in Spring Valley, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under thirty-five, he has published articles in Esquire and has had stories aired on NPR's "This American Life." He lives in New York City. Table of ContentsContents The War of the Bernsteins Bobo the Self-Hating Chimp Somebody Up There Likes You Heimish Knows All Holocaust Tips for Kids Waiting for Joe Startling Revelations from the Lost Book of Stan One Death to Go The Metamorphosis Prophet's Dilemma They're All the Same Smite the Heathens, Charlie Brown God Is a Big Happy Chicken It Ain't Easy Bein' Supremey What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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