Fiction
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories
Englander writes with surgical precision about faith under pressure. Orthodox Jews navigate impossible situations—divine permission to visit prostitutes, beauty discovered in widowhood, acrobats tumbling away from death trains. These stories hold profound sadness and startling joy in perfect tension. For readers who understand that the sacred and profane often occupy the same room, who find humor in humanity's desperate improvisations.
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