SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021
'Outrageous satire . . . extremely funny, weirdly touching' - Guardian
'A work of genius' - Scotsman
'Close-to-the-knuckle farce with a big beating heart' - Daily Mail
This is the story of an unusual family. Though they are nothing like yours, you will recognize them. They are the last Cannibal-Americans. And they have a problem.
When their mother dies, twelve children gather to dispose of the body in the traditional manner . . . by eating it. But can they follow the ancient rituals of consumption? Is their unique cultural heritage worth preserving if it's this gross? And what about dietary requirements - one of them is vegan. Surely it can't be this hard to do the right thing?
Mother for Dinner is a dark comedy about modern life and its many difficulties.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Bad taste has a purpose in this outrageous satire . . . grotesque, extremely funny, weirdly touching and acute * Guardian * Daring, provocative and controversial . . . the outrageous nature of the comedy is done perfectly . . . This is a work of genius * Scotsman * I loved [it] . . . I devoured it in one sitting . . . I recommend you dig in * The Times * Laugh-out-loud funny . . Underlying the dark humour, it is, dare I say, a tender tale * Financial Times * A terrifically funny book . . . Close-to-the-knuckle farce with a big beating heart * Daily Mail * A grotesque family comedy . . . Written in fast-moving, deadpan prose * New Stateman * [A] laugh-out-loud, gravely serious satire * Economist, The Best Books of 2021 * Auslander is an enfant even more terrible than Philip Roth . . . it provides plenty of dark laughs and inspired comic riffs * TLS * A virtuoso humorist, and a brave one * New York Times Book Review * You're unlikely to read anything funnier this year * Big Issue * Auslander's greatest strength is the zip and ping of his dialogue . . . uproariously funny * Literary Review * Brilliantly written, often hilarious but also deeply thoughtful * Jewish Chronicle * Consistently funny, consistently wise and consistently disturbing in ways that probably only Shalom Auslander could arrange. It is a rare and agile narrative . . . Perhaps not a perfect gift for Mother's Day, but then again, it could be just the thing -- A. L. Kennedy, Costa Prize-winning author of <i>Day</i> Portnoy-era Roth couldn't hold a candle to Shalom Auslander * Entertainment Weekly * Blends tragedy, comedy and satire in the mold of Samuel Beckett and Franz Kafka. * The Wall Street Journal * Auslander turns his taboo-shattering satiric gaze to cannibalism in this outrageous, salty take on contemporary culture . . . more effective is the riotous dissection of cultural formation and a community's hunger for meaning * Publishers Weekly * A book that's funny enough not just to make you nod to show you got the joke, but to make you laugh and laugh * The Critic * Dead funny and dead serious. A deliciously appalling satire on the hazards of tribalism, religion and tradition - and eating your relatives -- Rhidian Brook, author of <i>The Killing of Butterfly Joe</i> Irreverent and written with Auslander's incomparable humor, Mother for Dinner is an exploration of legacy, assimilation, the things we owe our families, and the things we owe ourselves * The Jewish Book World *
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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978-1-5290-5207-7 (9781529052077)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Shalom Auslander was raised in Monsey, New York. Nominated for the Koret Award for writers under thirty-five, he has published articles in Esquire, New York Times Magazine, Tablet, the New Yorker, and has had stories aired on NPR's This American Life. Auslander is the author of the short-story collection Beware of God, the memoir Foreskin's Lament, and the novel Hope: A Tragedy. He is the creator of Showtime's Happyish. He lives in Los Angeles.
