For the relief of unbearable urges / Nathan Englander
ISBN
9780571201310(pbk.)
พิมพ์ลักษณ์
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1999
เลขหมู่
PS3555.N424 F67 1999
ลักษณะทางกายภาพ
205 pages ; 22 cm
หมายเหตุ
Contents: The twenty-seventh man -- The tumblers -- Reunion -- The wig -- The gilgul of Park Avenue -- Reb Kringle -- The last one way -- For the relief of unbearable urges -- In this way we are wise
หมายเหตุ
Summary: Stories on being Jewish set in various parts of the world.In the title story, a sex-starved husband in New York is authorized by his rabbi to visit a prostitute, In This WayWe Are Wise is on the nonchalant attitude of the inhabitants of Jerusalem to terrorism, while Reb Kringle is on a Jew who works as Santa Claus in a department store