Il lamento del prepuzio

I would have given this book five stars, but God may have frowned upon that and punished me for it by sicking a virus on my computer. That would be so God.

Philip Roth and Augusten Burroughs had a baby. As one might expect, it's in no mood. The only real surprise is that they would name it "Shalom."

(from page 71) "I wonder sometimes if he-- and I-- suffer from a metaphysical form of Stockholm syndrome. Held captive by this Man for thousands of years, we now praise Him, defend Him, excuse Him, sometimes kill for Him, an army of Squeaky Frommes swearing allegiance to their Charlie in the sky. My Leggi tutto

It's challenging to give a rating to this book, so I'll just stick with a nice neutral three. As an Orthodox Jew, it's hard to keep my own feelings out of it, feelings which fell all over the map. So I guess three is a fair rating, since love-hate is probably the best description of my reading exper Leggi tutto

I loved loved LOVED this memoir. Auslander is very, very bitter that he was raised an Orthodox Jew with an abusive father and, in his opinion, an abusive Father as well. He sees God as an asshole who exists just to fuck with people, and he's pretty pissed off about it. And yet he's convinced God exi Leggi tutto

4.5 To było świetne! Ale nie ma się co dziwić skoro Auslander porównywany jest do jednego z moich ulubionych pisarzy, Philipa Rotha, a konkretniej do jego bardziej ironicznych książek jak „Kompleks Portnoya”. Podobnie jak Roth rozlicza się ze swoją religią i wychowaniem w amerykańskiej ortodoksyjnej Leggi tutto

I believe in God. It's been a real problem for me. Alas, Shalom Auslander's problems with God aren't so easily shrugged off. His problems with God are all-encompassing, paralyzing, potentially life-threatening. They've followed him from birth, through adolescence, and now into adulthood, to the birth Leggi tutto