A Guide to the Perplexed
A Guide to the Perplexed
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The year is 2052 and the state of Israel has been defunct for 40 years. A darkly comic take on contemporary Israel, this novel tells Gunther Wunker's life story - a romp through sexual frustration, academic parody and global politics.
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A Guide to the Perplexed by Gilad Atzmon
The year is 2052, and the state of Israel has been defunct for forty years, the majority of its citizens having become refugees overseas. In order to provide Israel with a decent burial, an Institute for the Documentation of Zion is established, and among its archives is the autobiography of one Gunther W?nker. A Guide to the Perplexed is the story of Gunther?s life. Born in Israel, Gunther becomes fiercely anti-Zionist through the experience of national service. He loves European, especially German, women and soon leaves Israel to find fame, fortune and fornication in Germany: cultured country of his ancestors whose collective guilt-trip is a goldmine for the licentious professor. Before long Gunther is a famous professor of philosophy and the founder of ?Peepology? - an intellectual discipline derived from the exile's position as voyeur. A Guide to the Perplexed is a darkly funny reflection on the dangers of racial purity and the position of the outsider in Western Europe. Gilad Atzmon's book marries the playfulness of Nabokov with the sexiness of Philip Roth. It is an angry reflection on the effects of ethnic cleansing of both our bodies and our minds.
?Operation Shylock meets Portnoy?s Complaint: Atzmon?s merciless take on Israeli post utopia is in the great tradition of Jewish literary subversionAnd funny too!? Elena Lappin ?A Guide to the Perplexed is that most welcome and necessary thing, a satire with a target and a true aim? Nicholas Blincoe ?One of the funniest books I have come across. He manages to finely scrutinise male apathy and come up with very accurate observations about men, women and unimportant subjects such as global politics? Ynet ?This is a brilliant parody of all of us and behind this comedy hides our terrible tragedy? Yediot Acharonot
Gilad Atzmon grew up in Israel. National Service in the army made him a convinced anti-Zionist. He now lives in London where he is a prominent jazz saxophonist, playing with the Orient House Ensemble. Since 1998 Atzmon has toured with the late Ian Dury's legendary backing band, The Blockheads.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781852428266 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852428260 |
| Title | A Guide to the Perplexed |
| Author | Gilad Atzmon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |