I've never heard of Shalom Auslander before picking up Beware of God, his debut collection of short stories. I approached the book without any specific expectations, but ended up reading them all during a surprisingly warm afternoon at the park. I'm happy that I've read it and that I discovered S...
To begin with, she had stopped collecting the vegetables Kugel left in her garden each morning. She had, she said with a disconcerting air, far more important things to do now. Kugel continued to put the fruits and vegetables out each morning, regardless, but now he had a second, more tedious cho...
asked Schwartzman.He had to be kidding. It was 11:50 PM on a week night—Schwartzman had an 8:30 with a client the next morning, a 9:30 breakfast with the head of his department and a shrink appointment with Dr. Herschberg at 11:00 which meant that he’d have to catch the 6:00 AM to Grand Central a...