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Title details for kaddish.com by Nathan Englander - Available

kaddish.com

A novel

by Nathan Englander
Rob Shapiro
Audiobook
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The celebrated Pulitzer finalist and prize-winning author of Dinner at the Center of the Earth and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank delivers his best work yet, a streamlined comic masterpiece about a son’s failure to say Kaddish for his father.
Larry is the secular son in a family of Orthodox Brooklyn Jews.  When his father dies, it’s his responsibility to recite the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, every day for eleven months.  To the horror and dismay of his sister, Larry refuses—imperiling the fate of his father’s soul.  To appease her, Larry hatches an ingenious if cynical plan, hiring a stranger through a website called kaddish.com to recite the prayer and shepherd his father’s soul safely to rest.
Sharp, irreverent, hilarious, and wholly irresistible, Englander’s tale of a son who makes a diabolical compromise ingeniously captures the tensions between tradition and modernity—a book to be devoured in a single sitting whose pleasures and provocations will be savored long after.

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  • Release date

    March 26, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525500001
      • File size: 160216 KB
      • Duration: 05:33:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This is the rare and extraordinary audiobook that reaches new heights because of the narrator's flawless performance. Rob Shapiro delivers the material perfectly while enhancing every scene with a style and diversity of tones and emotions that highlight each moment. At its core, the novel focuses on Larry, a formerly observant Orthodox Jew who refuses to say Kaddish, the mourner's prayer, daily for his recently deceased father. Instead, he uses an Internet-based alternative to avoid his obligation. As Larry ages, he returns to his religious roots and suffers extraordinary guilt over this decision. The result is an exceptional work by Englander, who captures every emotion in dialogue reminiscent of Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. Listeners will want to replay the audiobook to experience every nuance of Englander's prose and Shapiro's exceptional performance. D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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