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  • A Short Story from 'For the Relief of Unbearable Urges'
  • Written by: Nathan Englander
  • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

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The Tumblers

Written by: Nathan Englander
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a group of World War II-era Hasids, mistakenly put on a circus train instead of a transport to a death camp, are assumed to be acrobats. They perform a clumsy act, which their Nazi audience applauds as a parody of "Jewish ballet".
©1999 Nathan Englander (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc.
Anthologies & Short Stories Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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