{"product_id":"mazeltov-hardcover","title":"Mazeltov - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEli Zuzovsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a banquet hall, at the onset of war, Adam Weizmann's bar mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood--and the verge of a nervous breakdown--Adam has been bracing for his special day, mired in family neuroses and national dysfunction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a chorus of voices, a fractious cast of well-wishers narrates Adam's coming-of-age in Israel: his newly devout father and the mystic rituals he practiced on his young son; his best friend, Abbie, who points the way to joyful transgression; Khalil, a Palestinian poet, who offers a glimpse of a different way to be; and Adam himself, filled with shame and desire as he faces the brokenness of his world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once tender and lustful, a work of scathing satire and piercing insight, \u003ci\u003eMazeltov\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly original vision of a young man's quest to know his own heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEli Zuzovsky \u003c\/b\u003eholds degrees from Harvard and Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2022, he was selected for the \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e Israel 30 Under 30 list and the London Library Emerging Writers Program, and he is the winner of the 2025 Einstein Fellowship. His films and plays have been shown at the New York Jewish Film Festival, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the American Repertory Theater, and the Edinburgh Fringe, among others. He currently lives in London. \u003ci\u003eMazeltov \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.41 x 5.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733555286079,"sku":"9781250345271","price":32.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/767f737260323de42bd1f800d278362f.webp?v=1765136376","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mazeltov-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}