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The Tumblers

A Short Story from For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

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The Tumblers

By: Nathan Englander
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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Summary
 A story from the collection FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES, in which Englander envisions a group of Polish Jews herded toward a train bound for the death camps and, in a deft, imaginative twist, turns them into acrobats tumbling out of harm’s way. FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES is a work of startling authority and imagination–an audiobook that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

“Taut, edgy, sharply observed. . . . A revelation of the human condition.” –The New York Times Book Review
©1999 Nathan Englander; (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction
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"Englander's voice is distinctly his own: daring, funny and exuberant." (The New York Times)
"Taut, edgy, sharply observed....A revelation of the human condition." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Remarkable art....The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." (Newsday)
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