The Resource For the relief of unbearable urges, Nathan Englander
For the relief of unbearable urges, Nathan Englander
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- 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 Way We 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Contents
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- In this way we are wise
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780375404924
- Label
- For the relief of unbearable urges
- Title
- For the relief of unbearable urges
- Statement of responsibility
- Nathan Englander
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMiddle-age
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- trueOrthodox Jews
- trueMarital conflict
- Orthodox Judaism
- trueJewish way of life
- trueOrthodox Judaism
- Jews -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Jews -- Social life and customs
- trueJews
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Fiction
- trueMarriage
- trueShort stories
- Orthodox Judaism -- Fiction
- Fiction
- truePeople with mental illnesses
- Jews -- Persecutions
- trueReligious life
- Language
- eng
- 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 Way We 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
- Summary
- Rooted in Jewish history and the customs of Orthodox life, an anthology of ten stories includes "The Twenty-Seventh Man" about an unpublished writer who mistakenly lands in a Stalinist prison, and "The Gilgul of Park Avenue" about a Protestant who wakes up to discover he has become a Jew
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2000.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1999
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 002294
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Englander, Nathan
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jews
- Jews
- Orthodox Judaism
- Jews
- Jews
- Orthodox Judaism
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- For the relief of unbearable urges, Nathan Englander
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- In this way we are wise
- 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
- Control code
- ocm39756396
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375404924
- Lccn
- 98041727
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)39756396
- Label
- For the relief of unbearable urges, Nathan Englander
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- In this way we are wise
- 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
- Control code
- ocm39756396
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 205 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375404924
- Lccn
- 98041727
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)39756396
Subject
- Fiction
- trueJewish way of life
- trueJews
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Fiction
- Jews -- Social life and customs
- Jews -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMarital conflict
- trueMarriage
- trueMental illness
- trueMiddle-age
- trueOrthodox Jews
- trueOrthodox Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism
- Orthodox Judaism -- Fiction
- truePeople with mental illnesses
- trueReligious life
- trueShort stories
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