02617nam 2200577Ia 450 991077758980332120200520144314.01-58729-435-4(CKB)1000000000447524(EBL)837082(OCoLC)56109455(SSID)ssj0000113583(PQKBManifestationID)11131759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113583(PQKBWorkID)10101772(PQKB)10193263(MdBmJHUP)muse12557(Au-PeEL)EBL837082(CaPaEBR)ebr10354596(MiAaPQ)EBC837082(EXLCZ)99100000000044752420021003d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe body of Brooklyn[electronic resource] /David LazarIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20031 online resource (181 p.)Sightline booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-845-6 Acknowledgments; Introduction; White Car; Melon Man; Grottoes: Memories of Christaphobia; The Body of Brooklyn; Distant Voice; Further Father: Remembering John Waterman; Movies Are a Mother to Me; On Three Fraternal Aphorisms; Last Exit to Brooklyn; Season of Love; Rear Windows; My Little Heroes; Family Snaps; Some Images: Toward a Photographic MishnahIn The Body of Brooklyn David Lazar, an acclaimed essayist and prose stylist, offers a vividly detailed, hilarious, and touching recollection of his Brooklyn upbringing in the 1960's and 70's. His immigrant Jewish heritage and his bodily history--from the travails of childhood obesity to the sexual triumphs of post-adolescent leanness--form the core of this series of essays, all of which will win the interest and admiration of readers. More-over, this film-flavored confection is so infused with Lazar's fascinating turn of mind and memory, forever digressing and reflecting upon his digressions...Sightline books.Jewish childrenNew York (State)New YorkBiographyJewsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)BiographyJewish childrenJews974.7/23004924/0092974.723044092Lazar David1957-1488831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777589803321The body of Brooklyn3725038UNINA