![]() Englander is interested in how faith is understood, rejected and defended, and in the tension between the needs of the individual and the demands of the community. He returns to the form with What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, eight stories on Jewishness - and not Jewishness as a metaphor - but the local, lived experiences of Jews in America and Israel. Nathan Englander made his name with his prize-winning 1999 collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. We burgle and blunder our way in, only to find the body cold the marriage shattered - and suddenly - we're onto the next story, the next unraveling. We peer into lit rooms, spy on characters in the throes of crises. It's an inherently transgressive art form, the predecessor to Rear Window and Chatroulette. But the short-story collection makes no such invitation. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank Subtitle Stories Author Nathan Englander ![]()
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