{"product_id":"antitherapies-paperback","title":"Antitherapies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Fux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIlan Stavans\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGolems and dybbuks and Nazis, oh my! Jacques Fux, Brazil's answer to Philip Roth, offers a remarkably original and entertaining work of autofiction that is essential reading for those interested in the Jewish experience in Latin America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of Brazil's prestigious São Paulo Prize, Jacques Fux's brilliant literary debut novel unveils an outrageously entertaining Portrait of the Artist as a Young Schlemiel. \u003ci\u003eAntitherapies \u003c\/i\u003erelates the life journey of a young Jewish man coming of age in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from his sensitive childhood and the primal indignation of circumcision, through awkward adolescence, and up to early adulthood and his decision to become a writer. Its peevish protagonist sees Jewishness in general as a festive carnival of irritations. The sources of his joy as well as his misery include his mother's overbearing love; the Nazis, who never really left the stage after their defeat in 1945; his absurdly high IQ; and his grappling with the perpetual tension between cultural assimilation and the preservation of his Jewish identity and heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told through twenty-one playful \"anti-therapeutic\" sessions, the narrator summons myriad remembrances of things past, chronicling how he carefully considered and then ultimately rejected an assortment of possible life paths: astrophysicist, delinquent, clairvoyant, forger, hairdresser, logician, charlatan, and mathematician, among others. Fux masterfully integrates poetry, humor, magical realism, and a host of literary allusions--including Borges, Pessoa, Joyce, Primo Levi, Georges Perec, and Phillip Roth--to create a delightfully rich and original work of autofiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Fux\u003c\/b\u003e is a Brazilian writer and mathematician. He is the author of more than twenty books, including\u003ci\u003e Herança\u003c\/i\u003e, an acclaimed novel that explores transgenerational trauma, and \u003ci\u003eMeshugá\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Manaus Literary Prize. His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInternationally renowned scholar, essayist, linguist, translator, editor, and cultural commentator \u003cb\u003eIlan Stavans\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College. He serves as the series editor for the University of New Mexico Press's acclaimed Jewish Latin America Series.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56558681096497,"sku":"9780826370020","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/RZh3pEOPNj9780826370020.webp?v=1790812291","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/antitherapies-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}