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Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems
Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems | Adam E Sachs
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A son receives an inheritance from his father and tries to dispose of it before it destroys him. "Inherited Disorders" tells this elemental story in over 100 hilarious, witty variations. Adam Ehrlich Sachs s "Inherited Disorders" is a rueful, absurd, and endlessly entertaining look at a most serious subject the eternally vexed relations between fathers and sons. In a hundred and seventeen shrewd, surreal vignettes, Sachs lays bare the petty rivalries, thwarted affection, and mutual bafflement that have characterized the filial bond since the days of Davidic kings. A philosopher s son kills his father and explains his aphorisms to death. A father bequeaths to his son his jacket, deodorant, and political beliefs. England s most famous medium becomes possessed by the spirit of his skeptical father who questions, in front of the nation, his son s choice of career. A Czech pianist amputates his fingers one by one to thwart his father, who will not stop composing concertos for him. A nineteenth-century Italian nobleman wills his ill-conceived flying contraption incapable of actual flight to his newborn son. In West Hollywood, an aspiring screenwriter must contend with the judgmental visage of his father, a respected public intellectual whose frozen head, clearly disappointed in him, he keeps in his freezer. Keenly inventive, but painfully familiar, these surprisingly tender stories signal the arrival of a brilliant new comic voice and fresh hope for fathers and sons the world over."
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Cinfhen
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#RockinMay Day 23 For today's prompt, I went with the lyrics from #CatsinTheCradle and chose a novel that tackles the complicated relationship between fathers and sons. Have not read it yet. #MountTBR
On a side note... sending 💙💜💙to all of those who attended last night's concert in Manchester. I don't understand how an evening meant to be about music can become something else entirely. #ChoosePeace ☮️

Kalalalatja It is just so horrible 😔 7y
Texreader 💔💔💔 7y
DebinHawaii Such horribly tragic news. 💔😥 7y
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TrishB Just so upsetting. A venue me and the family regularly attend. 💔 7y
Cinfhen How was your concert last night?!? @TrishB 7y
Cinfhen I know @Kalalalatja @Texreader @DebinHawaii @TrishB So senseless...it wrecks me 😪😪😪 7y
TrishB It was so, so good (sang extra loud to Alive and Kickin for you - which is ironic now!). We came in for our post gig tea and toast and this news started breaking. Just tragic 💔 7y
Cinfhen In the face of these heinous acts, singing extra loud is a great F.U. @TrishB I'm glad you're safe & you enjoyed 😘 7y
JazzFeathers Heard of the concert only few minutes ago. That's just horrible 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Such upsetting news about the Manchester Arena. 💔Glad you're safe @TrishB . 🍀 7y
kspenmoll The news about Manchester continues to be heartbreaking. Love to all💔❤️ 7y
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"I want readers of my book to feel that something simple has been made needlessly complex, and to find this, for some reason, amusing." #JewLit

Read the full interview with 'Inherited Disorders' author Adam Ehrlich Sachs, finalist for the 2017 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature: http://bit.ly/2p1AXNq

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