{"product_id":"nein-nein-nein-one-mans-tale-of-depression-psychic-torment-and-a-bus-tour-of-the-holocaust-9781636140254","title":"Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man's Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gonzo meets the Shoah in this wildly irreverent--and brilliant--tour of Holocaust tourism . . . Stahl knows his Holocaust history . . . but he was also prepared to be surprised . . . A vivid, potent, decidedly idiosyncratic addition to the literature of genocide.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Kirkus Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003e a Best Nonfiction Book of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Stahl embarks on Holocaust tourism in this meditative yet humorous account, weaving personal narrative with reflections on current and past global events.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September 2016, Jerry Stahl was feeling nervous on the eve of a two-week trip across Poland and Germany. But it was not just the stops at Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau that gave him anxiety. It was the fact that he would be traveling with two dozen strangers, by bus. In a tour group. And he was not a tour-group kind of guy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The decision to visit Holocaust-world did not come easy. Stahl's lifelong depression at an all-time high, his career and personal life at an all-time low, he had the idea to go on a trip where the despair he was feeling--out-of- control sadness, regret, and fear, not just for himself, but for the entire United States--would be appropriate. And where was despair more appropriate than the land of the Six Million?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Seamlessly weaving global and personal history, through the lens of Stahl's own bent perspective, \u003cem\u003eNein, Nein, Nein!\u003c\/em\u003e stands out as a triumph of strange-o reporting, a tale that takes us from gang polkas to tour-rash to the truly disturbing snack bar at Auschwitz. Strap in for a raw, surreal, and redemptively hilarious trip. Get on the bus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJERRY STAHL\u003c\/b\u003e has written ten books, including the best-selling memoir \u003ci\u003ePermanent Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, made into a movie with Ben Stiller; the essay collection \u003ci\u003eOG Dad\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novels \u003ci\u003ePain Killers\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI, Fatty\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePerv\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePlainclothes Naked\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHappy Mutant Baby Pills\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBad Sex on Speed\u003c\/i\u003e. A Pushcart Prize-winning author, Stahl's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. He has written extensively for film and television, including HBO's \u003ci\u003eHemingway \u0026amp; Gellhorn\u003c\/i\u003e, which earned a Writers Guild Award nomination; \u003ci\u003eBad Boys II\u003c\/i\u003e; and the cult classic \u003ci\u003eDr. Caligari\u003c\/i\u003e; series credits include \u003ci\u003eMaron\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCSI\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEscape at Dannemora\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Stahl's writing has been widely translated, and he has taught with the InsideOUT Writers program for incarcerated youth, edited \u003ci\u003eThe Heroin Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e for Akashic Books, and participated in the documentary series, \u003ci\u003eSan Quentin Film School\u003c\/i\u003e. He has two daughters, and lives with artist Zoe Hansen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382875689234,"sku":"9781636140254","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nein-nein-nein-one-mans-tale-of-depression-psychic-torment-and-a-bus-tour-of-the-holocaust-9781636140254","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}