Named one of "forty-two books to read before you die" by the Independent (UK)
2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner
2016 Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award in Nonfiction
One of Star Magazine's "Fab 5 Can't-Miss Entertainment Picks"
A moving and revealing exploration of Hasidic life, and one man's struggles with faith, family, and community
Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside world--only that it is to be shunned. His marriage at eighteen is arranged and several children soon follow. Deen's first transgression--turning on the radio--is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library, and later the Internet. Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely.
Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family at stake, he is forced into a life of deception, and begins a long struggle to hold on to those he loves most: his five children. In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith, while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 9781555977054
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 24/03/2015
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Shulem Deen
Ensayista y crítico del judaísmo haredí y jasídico estadounidense, Deen es columnista habitual de The Forward y editor fundador de Unpious, una revista para voces críticas del estilo de vida y creencias jasídicas. Se hizo conocido por su blog Hasidic Rebel que escribió desde 2003 hasta 2012, que fue el tema de un artículo de 2003 en Village Voice. El blog fue el primer sitio web escrito por un jasídico practicante que manifestaba dudas sobre su fe religiosa. En 2010, lanzó la web Unpious junto con Shtreimel, otro exblogero jasídico, y ha sido su editor en todo momento.