{"product_id":"9781416591405","title":"Beware of God","description":"\u003cb\u003eViolent rabbis, lovelorn wives, a busy Grim Reaper, shame-filled simians, and one seriously angry deity populate this humorous and disquieting collection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Shalom Auslander's stories in \u003ci\u003eBeware of God\u003c\/i\u003e have the mysterious punch of a dream. They are wide ranging and inventive: A young Jewish man's inexplicable transformation into a very large, blond, tattooed goy ends with a Talmudic argument over whether or not his father can beat his unclean son with a copy of the Talmud. A pious man having a near-death experience discovers that God is actually a chicken, and he's forced to reconsider his life -- and his diet. At God's insistence, Leo Schwartzman searches Home Depot for supplies for an ark. And a young boy mistakes Holocaust Remembrance Day as emergency preparedness training for the future. \u003cbr\u003e Auslander draws upon his upbringing in an Orthodox Jewish community in New York State to craft stories that are filled with shame, sex, God, and death, but also manage to be wickedly funny and poignant.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152540582128,"sku":"9781416591405","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416591405_p0.jpg?v=1763728142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416591405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}