{"product_id":"9781805337539","title":"My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah: A Memoir","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHIRSON, DENIS\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/9\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA “beautifully written, funny and deeply moving” memoir about a son’s reckoning with his father’s political idealism, set against the menacing backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa (Finuala Dowling, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Crocodile Tamers\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bestselling South African writer known for tackling history and memory finally makes his American debut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty and deeply poignant, \u003ci\u003eMy Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking account of one man being confronted by his past and, ultimately, how his daughter proved to be the key in understanding his own father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecreating 1960s Johannesburg through his adolescent eyes, bestselling South African author Denis Hirson gradually reveals the details of his extraordinary 13th birthday as he explores the familial and political divisions in Apartheid South Africa that weighed on him and his developing consciousness of his Jewish heritage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah \u003c\/i\u003eis a gem of a book about becoming a man. It’s also a valuable account of a forgotten time of white, Jewish activists, their families, their community, and most importantly, their children, who had to stumble through life in the aftermath of their commitment to racial justice.","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214109470975,"sku":"9781805337539","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781805337539_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587266","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781805337539","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}