{"product_id":"mazeltov-9781250345271","title":"Mazeltov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a banquet hall, at the onset of war, Adam Weizmann's bar mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood--and the verge of a nervous breakdown--Adam has been bracing for his special day, mired in family neuroses and national dysfunction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chorus of voices, a fractious cast of well-wishers narrates Adam's coming-of-age in Israel: his newly devout father and the mystic rituals he practiced on his young son; his best friend, Abbie, who points the way to joyful transgression; Khalil, a Palestinian poet, who offers a glimpse of a different way to be; and Adam himself, filled with shame and desire as he faces the brokenness of his world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once tender and lustful, a work of scathing satire and piercing insight, \u003ci\u003eMazeltov\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly original vision of a young man's quest to know his own heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250345271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2024 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eli Zuzovsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44916366606517,"sku":"9781250345271","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f04e863a-1c70-41cc-a88f-e110a5784240.jpg?v=1734450110","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mazeltov-9781250345271","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}