Mazeltov : a novel / Eli Zuzovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zuzovsky, Eli, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bar mitzvah--Fiction.

Bar mitzvah.

Jewish families--Fiction.

Jewish families.

Gay men--Fiction.

Gay men.

Neurasthenia--Fiction.

Neurasthenia.

Young adult fiction.

Jewish queer people.

Jewish LGBTQ+ people.

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

Queer fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

190 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025.

Summary:

"In a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of wars, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man. At 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 braces for his special day, mired in family neurosis and national dysfunction. In a chorus of voices, a cast of outsiders chronicles Adam's coming-of-age: his Italian grandmother, a convert to Judaism who remains an isolated soul in Israel, the country she has made her home; his newly religious father, mysteriously absent from the festivities; his best friend, Abbie, who might or might not have an eating disorder; Khalil, the Palestinian waiter who offers a glimpse of a different way to be; and Adam himself, his shame and desire as he confronts his sexuality and the brokenness of his world. At once tender and lustful, a work of scathing satire and piercing insight, Mazeltov is a wholly original vision of a young man's quest to know his own heart"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781250345271

1250345278

OCLC:

1429287113

Publisher Number:

90101565342