Adam Mansbach

It turns out that two is a million more kids than one Adam Mansbach famously gave voice to two of parenting s primal struggles in Go the Fuck to Sleep and You Have to Fucking Eat Now Fuck Now There Are Two of You tackles a new addition to the family and all the fears and frustrations attendant to the simple math defying fact that two is a million more kids than one As you probably know by now you shouldn t read it to a child

At the age of nineteen, saxophone prodigy Latif James-Pearson boards a bus to Manhattan to find his aging idol, the great Albert Van Horn. The centers of Latifs universe soon become a Harlem boarding house, where he spends his days practicing intensely, and the downtown club where Van Horns group performs and Latif hides in the shadows, listening. There, he begins a complex affair with an older white painter named Mona, and starts working for Say Brother, a charismatic drug dealer. But as Latifs frustrations with his playing mount, and the demands of balancing artistry, hustling, and love push him toward crisis, he is forced to confront his music, his past, and himself. A virtuosic story told with lyrical intensity, Shackling Water heralds the arrival of an important new voice in American literature.

The ruthlessly engrossing and beautifully rendered story of the Brodskys, a family of artists who realize, too late, one elemental truth: Creations necessary consequence is destruction.Each member of the mercurial clan in Adam Mansbachs bold new novel faces the impossible choice between the people they love and the art that sustains them. Tristan Brodsky, sprung from the asphalt of the depression-era Bronx, goes on to become one of the swaggering Jewish geniuses who remakes American culture while slowly suffocating his poet wife, who harbors secrets of her own. Nina Hricek, a driven young Czech photographer escapes from behind the Iron Curtain with a group of black musicians only to find herself trapped yet again, this time in a doomed love affair. And finally, Tris Freedman, grandson of Tristan and lover of Nina, a graffiti artist and unanchored revolutionary, cannibalizes his family history to feed his muse. In the end, their stories converge and the survival of each requires the sacrifice of another. The End of the Jews offers all the rewards of the traditional family epic, but Mansbachs irreverent wit and rich, kinetic prose shed new light on the genre. It runs on its own chronometer, somersaulting gracefully through time and space, interweaving the tales of these three protagonists who, separated by generation and geography, are leading parallel lives.

« Il ne faut jamais forcer un enfant à manger. »Aldo Naouri « Le midi, son papa lui disait : “Mange tes épinards, mon petit lapin !”Il répondait : “Caca boudin !” »Stephanie Blake « Aujourd’hui les p

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The dazzlingly imaginative, ferociously funny story of an art teacher, a bodega clerk, and a five-thousand-year-old clay crisis monster, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep.A devastating romp through history, a bonkers road trip through America, this novel could not be any funnieror any more important.W. Kamau BellIn Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers. Its sole purpose is to defend the Jewish people against the immediate threat of violence. It is always a rabbi who makes a golem, and always in a time of crisis.But Len Bronstein is no rabbihes a Brooklyn art teacher who steals a large quantity of clay from his school, gets extremely stoned, and manages to bring his creation to life despite knowing little about Judaism and even less about golems. Unable to communicate with his nine-foot-six, four hundred-pound, Yiddish-speaking guest, Len enlists a bodega clerk and ex-Hasid named Miri Apfelbaum to translate.Eventually, The Golem learns English by binge-watching Curb Your Enthusiasm after ingesting a massive amount of LSD and reveals that he is a creature with an ancestral memory; he recalls every previous iteration of himself, making The Golem a repository of Jewish history and trauma. He demands to know what crisis has prompted his re-creation and whom must he destroy. When Miri shows him a video of white nationalists marching and chanting Jews will not replace us, the answer becomes clear.The Golem of Brooklyn is an epic romp through Jewish history and the American present that wrestles with the deepest questions of our humanitythe conflicts between faith and skepticism, tribalism and interdependence, and vengeance and healing.

From the acclaimed author of Shackling Water comes the first great race novel of the twenty-first century, an incendiary and ruthlessly funny satire about violence, pop culture, and American identity.Macon Detornay is a suburban white boy possessed and politicized by black culture, and filled with rage toward white America. After moving to New York City for college, Macon begins robbing white passengers in his taxicab, setting off a manhunt for the black man presumed to be committing the crimes. When his true identity is revealed, Macon finds himself to be a celebrity and makes use of the spotlight to hold forth on the evils and invisibility of whiteness. Soon he launches the Race Traitor Project, a stress-addled collective that attracts guilty liberals, wannabe gangstas, and bandwagon riders from all over the country to participate in a Day of Apologya day set aside for white people to make amends for four hundred years of oppression. The Day of Apology pushes New York City over the edge into an epic riot, forcing Macon to confront the depth of his own commitment to the struggle.Peopled with all manner of race pimps and players, Angry Black White Boy is a stunning breakout book from a critically acclaimed young writer and should be required reading for anyone who wants to get under the skin of the complexities of identity in America.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F*** to Sleep, a rollicking, frenetic and hilarious jaunt (San Francisco Chronicle) and an Amazon Best Book of the Month Raised in the shadow of two graffiti legends from New Yorks golden era of subway bombing, Dondi Vance is less than thrilled to learn his father, Billy Rage, is back after sixteen years on the lam. But the transit cop who ruined Billys life and shattered his crew is running for mayorand must be brought down. Welcome to the Great American Graffiti Novel.

A brilliant, genre-defying workboth memoir and epic poemabout the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable lossA bruised and brave love letter from a brother right here to a brother now gone . . . a soaring, unblinking gaze into the meaning of life itself.Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolfmy father saiddavid has taken his own lifeAdam is in the middle of his own busy life, and approaching a career high in the form of a #1 New York Times bestselling bookwhen these words from his father open a chasm beneath his feet. I Had a Brother Once is the story of everything that comes after. In the shadow of Davids inexplicable death, Adam is forced to re-remember a brother he thought he knew and to reckon with a ghost, confronting his unsettled family history, his distant relationship with tradition and faith, and his desperate need to understand an event that always slides just out of his grasp. This is an expansive and deeply thoughtful poetic meditation on loss and a raw, darkly funny, human story of trying to create a ritualof remembrance, mourning, forgiveness, and acceptancewhere once there was a life.

¡Duérmete ya, joder! es un cuento para sufridos padres con los pies en la tierra, donde un puñado de gatitos adormilados y rimas cursis no siempre ayudan a que las criaturas se entreguen a los brazos de Morfeo.¡Duermete ya, joder! habla de las familiares e intimas amarguras que te embargan cuando intentas que tu pequeño angelito se vaya a la cama.Magnifico, subversivo y desternillante, es un libro para padres primerizos, experimentados... y para cualquiera que se lo este pensando.Seguramente no deberias leerselo a tus hijos.Reseñas:Una obra maestra.Jonathan Lethem, padre de dos niñosEl libro que ningun niño deberia dejar al alcance de los adultos. Mansbach es un aguafiestas: sabotea el mito contemporaneo de la paternidad feliz y la lleva a su cruda y extenuante realidad.Gabriela Wiener, escritora, autora deNueve lunasy madre de Lena¡Un cuento infantil para adultos! Me descojone.David Byrne, musico y padre de una criaturaEs fisicamente imposible que tengas sed otra vez. ¿Como, a mear ahora? ¡Es la cuarta en lo que va de noche! No, no tengo ni p*** idea de donde vive Papa Pitufo. ¿Un cuento? Ni lo sueñes. Tumbate, vas a despertar a tu hermano. No se que ruido hacen las zarigueyas. ¿Yik-yik-yik? No se donde esta tu madre. No, no pienso llamarla ahora. ¿Quien ganaria en un combate entre el dragon Desdentado y un velocirraptor? No se, imagino que... ¡Son las cuatro de la mañana, joder! ¿Quieres hacer el santo favor de dormirte ya?Kiko Amat, escritor, autor deMil violinesy padre de dos pelirrojos

Collons, posa't a dormir! és un conte per a pares soferts que toquen de peus a terra, pels quals un grapat de gatets endormiscats i unes rimes cursis no sempre són d'ajuda a l'hora d'entregar les criaturetes als braços de Morfeu.Desbocat, tendre i radicalment sincer,Collons, posa't a dormir! parla de les familiars, i intimes, amargors que afloren quan intentes que el teu petit angelet se'n vagi al llit.Magnific, subversiu i divertidissim, Collons, posa't a dormir! es un llibre per a pares novells, experimentats... i per a qualsevol que s'ho estigui rumiant.Segurament, no hauries de llegir-lo als teus fills.Opinions:Es fisicament impossible que tinguis set altre cop. Com? Pixar ara? Es la quarta vegada aquesta nit! No, no se on collons viu el Pare Barrufet. Un conte? Ni ho somiis. Estira't, despertaras el teu germa. No se quina fressa fan les sarigues. Yik-yik-yik? No se on es la teva mare. No, no penso cridar-la ara. Qui guanyaria el combat entre el drac esdentegat i un velociraptor? No ho se, em sembla que... Son les quatre de la matinada, collons! Vols fer el fotut favor d'adormir-te d'una vegada?Kiko Amat, escriptor, autor deMilviolines i pare de dos pel-rojos.El llibre que cap nen hauria de deixar a l'abast d'un adult. Mansbach es un esgarriacries: saboteja el mite contemporani de la paternitat feliç i el trasllada a la crua i extenuant realitat.Gabriela Wiener, escriptora, autora deNuevelunas i mare de la LenaUn conte per a nens adults! No podia parar de riure.David Byrne, music i pare d'una criaturaPer fi algu explica com es de veritat. Es divertit, sense embuts, una benediccio del cel.Cristina Garcia, escriptora i mare d'una criaturaEl conte per a nens mes sincer de la historia. Et mors de riure.A.J. Jacobs, escriptor, pare de tres criaturesRecull el desafiament superb que representa ser pare en el seu punt mes algid: el moment d'anar a dormir.Daniel Sinker, escriptor, pare d'una criatura

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the second book in the side-splitting series about a class clown faking his way to comedy stardom from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight."An absolute riot!" --LINCOLN PEIRCE, author of the BIG NATE seriesJake cracks up the crowd as a budding comedian at the Music and Art Academy talent show, but his new ego is no laughing matter. And when he starts blowing off his friends to pursue his "art," Jakes big head becomes a huge bummer.Plus, being the funny man is way tougher than it looks. Luckily, Jake has his mentor Maury Kovalski, a retired comedy showstopper, to teach him the ropes about humor--and humility--before Jake loses all his biggest fans and best friends!Featuring more than 200 illustrations, Jake the Fake stuns again with even greater gags and giggles than before!

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. And his art? Its better suited for Pictionary than Picasso. Which is a real problem because Jake just faked his way into the Music and Art Academy for the gifted and talented (and Jake is pretty sure he is neither). More jokester than composer, Jake will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him. Featuring more than 160 illustrations, Jake the Fake is sure to bring the laughs with his hilarious high jinks!

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about a class clown faking his way through middle school from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight.Life couldnt be better for Jake. Hes a student at Music and Arts Academy and a budding comedian, and he finally put an end to his fake-ster ways . . . or so he thought. Theres a new girl at school, and Jake would do anything to impress her, even pretending to be a master chef. And a world-renowned barber?But at home, Jake is less impressed with his moms news: shes pregnant. Now Jake has to fake being happy about becoming the Middle Child. The King of Cool is about to drop his chill.Luckily, he has good friends and laughs on his side, along with more than two hundred illustrations--all about him!

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the bestselling author of Go the **** to Sleep and healthy eating advocate Camila Alves McConaughey comes a whimsical role reversal in which picky eater parents are confronted by their three kids, with hilarious resultsThese three kids are determined to get their parents to put down the ice cream, cake, and chicken fried steak to just try one bite of healthy whole foods. But its harder than it looks when these over-the-top gagging, picky parents refuse to give things like broccoli and kale a chance. Kids will love the jaunty rhyme thats begging to be read aloud and the opportunity to be way smarterand healthierthan their parents.

Après son incroyable succès au spectacle de son collège, Jake a trouvé sa vocation : il sera comique. Il faut dire quil est sacrément doué pour amuser la galerie ! Mais Jake se sent tellement bien da