Kaddish.com - Hardcover

Críticas

The funniest Jewish-American writing today... Jewish life is depicted with the illuminating intimacy of an insider. (Tanjil Rashid THE TIMES)

Echoes of Philip Roth resound in a streamlined, compassionate exploration of faith and purpose. (Hephzibah Anderson MAIL ON SUNDAY)

A wry, whip-smart comedy about Jewish identity... A clever novel that finds an innovative way to stage the clash between sincere religious conviction and the sceptic's fear that it's a gigantic con trick, with airtime given to both points of view. (Anthony Cummins DAILY MAIL)

A rollicking, generous-hearted tale of faith, identity and family... certainly Englander's best novel so far. (Alex Preston FINANCIAL TIMES)

Bitingly funny (Andrew Holgate SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE)

Satirical, inventive, and brimming with gallows humor, this novel's whip-smart look at the clash of religious and secular worlds showcases Englander at his best (ESQUIRE)

Englander is mischievously hilarious, nightmarish, suspenseful, inquisitive, and deliriously tender in this concentrated tale of tradition and improvisation, faith and love. (BOOKLIST)

An excellent comic dissection of Jewish-American life... This novel reads like Chaim Potok filtered through the sensibility of Mel Brooks. Englander writes cogently about Jewish-American assimilation, and, in his practiced hands, he makes Shuli's journey, both outer and inner, a simultaneously humorous and deeply moving one. (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)

A lean, keen-witted meditation on faith and filial loyalty (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)

A reminder of Englander's extraordinary skill ... What a rare blessing to find a smart and witty novel about the unexpected ways religious commitment can fracture a life - and restore it. (WASHINGTON POST)

Reseña del editor

One of Esquire's Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2019, The Millions Most Anticipated for 2019, Vulture's Most Anticipated in 2019, Boston Globe Most Anticipated for 2019, TIME's Most Anticipated for March 2019 and Esquire's Best Books to Read This Spring.

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 - imperilling 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.

This is Nathan Englander's freshest and funniest work to date - a satire that touches, lightly and with unforgettable humour, on the conflict between religious and secular worlds, and the hypocrisies that run through both.