The Doorposts of Your House and on Your Gates

TitleThe Doorposts of Your House and on Your Gates
Year of Publication2017
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes373 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsBacharach, Jacob
PublisherLiveright Publishing Corp.
CityNew York and London
Keywordsarchitects; homosexuality; Jewish Americans; real estate development
Abstract

Abbie Mayer, renowned architect-turned-crooked developer, claims God has instructed him to leave Manhattan to build a house on a mountain near Pittsburgh. The novel is a modern reimagining of Abraham's family dynamic in the Book of Genesis,

Author Biography

Jacob Bacharach (1982— ) grew up in Greensburg, Westmoreland County and Uniontown, Fayette County. He earned a BA in English at Oberlin College and an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. A staffer of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, he lives in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Time

1980s-2010s