For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
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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"
References
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