# Hope: a Tragedy

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- Book: [Hope: A Tragedy](https://www.bookquiver.com/shalom-auslander/hope-a-tragedy) ([Hope: A Tragedy.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shalom-auslander/hope-a-tragedy.md))
- Authors: [Shalom Auslander](https://www.bookquiver.com/shalom-auslander)
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- ISBN: 978-15-9448-646-3
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2012-12-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A hilarious and haunting examination of the burdens and abuse of history, propelled with unstoppable rhythm and filled with existential musings and mordant wit. The rural town of Stockton, New York, is...