Zuzovsky, Eli - Mazeltov

Mazeltov

Author: Eli Zuzovsky

Genre: Literary Fiction

Pages: 193

Publisher: Footnote

Release Date: June 2025

Format: Paperback

Synopsis:

In a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man.

At a banquet hall, at the onset of war, Adam Weizmann’s bar mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood—and the verge of a nervous breakdown—Adam has been bracing for his special day, mired in family neuroses and national dysfunction.

In a chorus of voices, a fractious cast of well-wishers narrates Adam’s coming-of-age in Israel: his newly devout father and the mystic rituals he practiced on his young son; his best friend, Abbie, who points the way to joyful transgression; Khalil, a Palestinian poet, who offers a glimpse of a different way to be; and Adam himself, filled with shame and desire as he faces the brokenness of his world.

At once tender and lustful, a work of scathing satire and piercing insight, Mazeltov is a wholly original vision of a young man’s quest to know his own heart.

LGBT Themes:

• Achillean
• Coming of Age

Relevant Tags:

LGBT, Fiction, Jewish, Summer, Queer, Gay, Achillean, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Adult, Coming of Age