{"product_id":"beware-of-god-stories-9780743264563","title":"Beware of God: Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeware of God: Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e by Auslander, Shalom. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780743264563.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViolent rabbis, lovelorn wives, a busy Grim Reaper, shame-filled simians, and one seriously angry deity populate this humorous and disquieting collection.\nShalom Auslanders stories in Beware of God have the mysterious punch of a dream. They are wide ranging and inventive: A young Jewish mans inexplicable transformation into a very large, blond, tattooed goy ends with a Talmudic argument over whether or not his father can beat his unclean son with a copy of the Talmud. A pious man having a near-death experience discovers that God is actually a chicken, and hes forced to reconsider his life -- and his diet. At Gods insistence, Leo Schwartzman searches Home Depot for supplies for an ark. And a young boy mistakes Holocaust Remembrance Day as emergency preparedness training for the future.\nAuslander draws upon his upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish community in New York State to craft stories that are filled with shame, sex, God, and death, but also manage to be wickedly funny and poignant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966572195893,"sku":"ByrdShop_0743264568","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780743264563_b7f00c8e-aaa7-40cd-a9e2-19130bed7efc.jpg?v=1778679172","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/beware-of-god-stories-9780743264563","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}