For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges is a short story collection by Nathan Englander, first published by Knopf in 1999. It has received many positive reviews.[1] It earned Englander a PEN/Malamud Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.

AuthorNathan Englander
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Publication date
1999
AwardsPEN/Malamud Award,
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
ISBN9780375404924
OCLC245836139

The collection contains nine stories, many of which are set in the Jewish Orthodox world. The title story tells of a married Hasidic Jew who receives special dispensation from a rabbi to visit a prostitute – "for the relief of unbearable urges."[2] The story "The Twenty-seventh Man", about Yiddish writers killed by Stalin, is an allusion to the Night of the Murdered Poets.

Contents
  • "The Twenty-seventh Man"
  • "The Tumblers"
  • "Reunion"
  • "The Wig"
  • "The Gilgul of Park Avenue"
  • "Reb Kringle"
  • "The Last One Way"
  • "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges"
  • "In This Way We Are Wise"
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References
  1. Various. "Praise for Nathan Englander". Barnes & Noble.
  2. Englander, Nathan (2000). For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. New York: Vintage. pp. 182.
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