For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

In these ten delightfully irreverent stories, Nathan Englander spins a bold, funny, irresistibly inventive vision of modern orthodox Judaism. Ruchama, a wigmaker from an ultra-orthodox Brooklyn enclave, journeys into Manhattan for inspiration, frequenting a newsstand where she flips through forbidden fashion magazines. An elderly Jew with a long, white beard reluctantly works as a department store Santa Claus every year - until he can take it no longer. And a Hasidic man, frustrated by his wife''s lack of interest, gets a dispensation from a rabbi to see a prostitute for the relief of unbearable urges.

• | Author: Nathan Englander
• | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• | Publication Date: Jun 25, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781474611091
• | ISBN-10: 1474611095