Kaddish.com

The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yet a brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent of early Philip Roth and of his own most masterful stories, about a son s failure to say Kaddish for his fatherLarry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews When his father dies, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months To the horror and dismay of his mother and sisters, Larry refuses thus imperiling the fate of his father s soul To appease them, and in penance for failing to mourn his father correctly, he hatches an ingenious if cynical plan, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com to recite the daily prayer and shepherd his father s soul safely to rest.This is Nathan Englander s freshest and funniest work to date a satire that touches, lightly and with unforgettable humor, on the conflict between religious and secular worlds, and the hypocrisies that run through both A novel about atonement about spiritual redemption and about the soul sickening temptations of the internet, which, like God, is everywhere. Free Read Kaddish.com Author Nathan Englander For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Kaddish.com is a novel, but its first part serves as another reminder of Nathan Englander s extraordinary skill as a short story writer Set 20 years before the rest of the book, it describes a contentious family gathering following a patriarch s death Larry the black sheep has come from Brooklyn to stay with his Orthodox sister in Memphis as they sit shiva Despite hearing the quiet, muttering stream of well wishers, he feels harshly appraised I want them not to judge me just because Kaddish.com is a novel, but its first part serves as another reminder of Nathan Englander s extraordinary skill as a short story writer Set 20 years before the rest of the book, it describes a contentious family gathering following a patriarch s death Larry the black sheep has come from Brooklyn to stay with his Orthodox sister in Memphis as they sit shiva Despite hearing the quiet, muttering stream of well wishers, he feels harshly appraised I want them not to judge me just because I left their stupid world, he hisses at his sister in the kitchen These two siblings lash out at eac...I ve read many short stories by Nathan Englander, but this is the first novel I ve read by him When the story begins, we learn that Larry s father has just died He s at his sisters house in Memphis, Tennessee having to sit shivah when the story begins Larry s sister, Dina, is driving him insane She s ruthless about the ancient rituals They must be observed correctly according to Jewish law Larry, Dina, and their family grew up in an ultra orthodox Jewish home in Royal Hills, Brooklyn I ve read many short stories by Nathan Englander, but this is the first novel I ve read by him When the story begins, we learn that Larry s father has just died He s at his sisters house in Memphis, Tennessee having to sit shivah when the story begins Larry s sister, Dina, is driving him insane She s ruthless about the ancient rituals They must be observed correctly according to Jewish law Larry, Dina, and their family grew up in an ultra orthodox Jewish home in Royal Hills, Brooklyn Larry had turned away from the strict orthodox observances years ago very similar to Nathan Englander himself I wanted to slap Dina for using profanity force guilt and righteous indigna...People compare Nathan Englander to Philip Roth and it s a fair comparison only in that they are both Jewish and they both have a talent for writing scenes that include masturbation But Roth lived at a time when he felt his goals included defining for his readers what it meant to be a secular American Jew with the emphasis on American His characters are Jewish, yes, but in a mostly secular way, where the obligation and identity are sublimated, and where their greater goal as characters is to People compare Nathan Englander to Philip Roth and it s a fair comparison only in that they are both Jewish and they both have a talent for writing scenes that include masturbation But Roth lived at a time when he felt his goals included defining for his readers what it meant to be a secular American Jew with the emphasis on American His characters are Jewish, yes, but in a mostly secular way, where the obligation and identity are sublimated, and where their greater goal as characters is to be as mainstream American as possible Roth lived through a time when redlining was still an open secret, and when people went out of their way to not hire Jews, or allow them in their clubs his novels worked, on one level, to unmask the absurdity that Jewish Americans were different from any other Americans.Englander is a couple of generations younger than Roth The goal of his Jewish characters feels different They are thi...2.5Like many secular Jews, I am a fan of Philip Roth, whose irreverent audacious writing did not shy away from tackling the issue of Jewish identity in the United States, especially the generational conflicts between theconservative religious generation and younger andsecular liberal youth that shaped the community in the post WW2 years.So I was excited to see Nathan Englander s new book, Kaddish.com, be compared to the early writing of Roth Englander was a Pulitzer finalist for a p 2.5Like many secular Jews, I am a fan of Philip Roth, whose irreverent audacious writing did not shy away from tackling the issue of Jewish identity in the United States, especially the generational conflicts between theconservative religious generation and younger andsecular liberal youth that shaped the community in the post WW2 years.So I was excited to see Nathan Englander s new book, Kaddish.com, be compared to the early writing of Roth Englander was a Pulitzer finalist for a previous short story collection that seemed to also tackle issues of contemporary Jewish identity admittedly I have not read it so this seemed promising While there are definitely echoes of Roth and Englander certainly writes well, this newest novel missed the mark and felt dated, better situated alongside Goodbye Columbus rather than amodern take with its finger on the pulse of ...Larry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews When his father dies, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months He hatches an ingenious if cynical plan, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com This novel is a quick read and not as dense as the last one from this author, but Larry is a likeable fool of a character who is still able to go on a deeper journey of self examination, in Larry is an atheist in a family of orthodox Memphis Jews When his father dies, it is his responsibility as the surviving son to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months He hatches an ingenious if cynical plan, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com This novel is a quick read and not as dense as the last one from this author, but Larry is a likeable fool of a characte...When Larry s father dies in 1999, sitting shiva at his sister s house in Memphis is as much as he can cope with he knows he ll never manage to pray for his father s soul for a whole year, as is his duty in Orthodox Judaism Once he s back in New York City he s unlikely to even set foot in a synagogue Camping out in his nephew s room, he breaks off from Internet porn long enough to find a website that promises a yeshiva student in Jerusalem will say the Kaddish for his father for a price.Twen When Larry s father dies in 1999, sitting shiva at his sister s house in Memphis is as much as he can cope with he knows he ll never manage to pray for his father s soul for a whole year, as is his duty in Orthodox Judaism Once he s back in New York City he s unlikely to even set foot in a synagogue Camping out in his nephew s room, he breaks off from Internet porn long enough to find a website that promises a yeshiva student in Jerusalem will say the Kaddish for his father for a price.Twenty years later, that slob Larry doesn t exist any he s become a rabbi, Shuli, teaching seventh grade at a yeshiva in Brooklyn and married with two kids When a favorite student loses his father, it brings back all the shame of failing to do his duty...At first I wasn t sure if I would like this book but after about 50 pages or so I was reeled in Not being Jewish myself I didn t understand a few of the Yiddish words and was unaware of some of the traditions Bu...Oy Where to begin I m of conflicting opinions when it comes to reviewing Nathan Englander s newest work, kaddish.com I want to give it four stars because I really like the author and the way he writes But, for almost all of the second half, I felt mostly annoyed and even a bit contemptuous of the main character, Larry turned Shuley I came to kaddish.com having read Englander s short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and absolutely loved it I received the hard copy boo Oy Where to begin I m of conflicting opinions when it comes to reviewing Nathan Englander s newest work, kaddish.com I want to give it four stars because I really like the author and the way he writes But, for almost all of the second half, I felt mostly annoyed and even a bit contemptuous of the main character, Larry turned Shuley I came to kaddish.com having read Englander s short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and absolutely loved it I received the hard copy book, kaddish.com recently at a book fair, where I also got to share a few words with the author both during the QA and when he autographed my book So I already felt connected upon starting kaddish.com I will rate the book 1 2 And the connection goes even deeper The book is a Jewish story about Larry who grows up in an Orthodox community in Brooklyn, shrugs off his Orthodox ways to become a thoroughly secular, albeit, somewhat lost adult This becomes an issue in his family of origin, when he...How has it come to this Nathan Englander may well be the finest current practitioner of the Jewish short story His For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, How We Avenged the Blums, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank are all at least minor masterpieces, and I can t imagine teaching a Jewish American literature class without at least mentioning him these days.But someone, maybe him and maybe his agent, has told him he has to turn out a novel in order to be genuinely big time.H How has it come to this Nathan Englander may well be the finest current practitioner of the Jewish short story His For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, How We Avenged the Blums, and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank are all at least minor masterpieces, and I can t imagine teaching a Jewish American literature class without at least mentioning him these days.But someone, maybe him and maybe his agent, has told him he has to turn out a novel in order to be genuinely big time.His first attempt, The Ministry of...I have tried to appreciate Englander s humour but all I can manage is the occasional wry smile Larry is an Orthodox Jewish apostate who delegates reciting Kaddish for his father to an unknown yeshiva student via a web site but later returns to his faith and tries to trace the student, with a little not unexpected twist at the end of his quest.As a plot, it s a bit thin and Larry Shuli is not a convincing character If the book is intended as satire, it was so gentle that I missed it His expl I have tried to appreciate Englander s humour but all I can manage is the occasional wry smile Larry is an Orthodox Jewish apostate who delegates reciting Kaddish for his father to an unknown yeshiva student via a web site but later returns to his faith and tries to trace the student, with a little not unexpected twist at the end of...Short and amusing, kaddish.com is about an American Jewish religious man s quest to properly say Kaddish for his father Although I am Jewish, I didn t understand the what I assume are Yiddish words, but I got the gist of it I found the beginning, when the main character was not religious, particularly funny, but I enjoyed the whole book I easily predicted where the book was going, but that didn t matter either It is an interesting, light picture of a religious Jewish man and his family.I rec Short and amusing, kaddish.com is about an American Jewish religious man s quest to properly say Kaddish for his father Although I am Jewish, I didn t understand the what I assume are Yiddish words, but I got the gist of it I found the beginning, when the main character was not religious, particularly funny, but I enjoyed the whole book I easily predicted where the book was going, but that didn t matter either It is an interesting, light picture of a religious J...

• 14 January 2018
Nathan Englander
• Hardcover
• 203 pages
• 1524732753
• Nathan Englander
• Kaddish.com