The Task of This Translator - Couverture souple

Hasak-Lowy, Todd

 
9780156031127: The Task of This Translator
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0156031124 ISBN 13 : 9780156031127
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2005

Synopsis

Stylistically daring, morally perplexing, and outrageously funny, Todd Hasak-Lowy's The Task of This Translator marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary talent. In these seven stories, Hasak-Lowy captures the absurdity that often arises when very personal crises intersect with global issues such as ethnic violence, obesity, and the media.

A journalist sets out to write an investigative piece on a dieting company that uses bodyguards to protect overeaters from themselves but loses his bearings when he becomes a client and is paired up with a bodyguard of his own. In the coffee shop of Israel's Holocaust memorial museum, a stale pastry triggers a brawl between an American tourist and the Israeli cashier. A man misplaces his wallet shortly before a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan. An unwilling and mostly unqualified slacker finds himself cast into the role of translator for the bitter reunion of a family torn apart years earlier by unspecified brutality.

A standout story collection, The Task of This Translator is funny, intricate, and deeply human.

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À propos de l?auteur

TODD HASAK-LOWY was born in Detroit. He teaches Hebrew language and literature at the University of Florida and lives in Gainesville, Florida.

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Éditeur
Mariner Books
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0156031124
ISBN 13 
9780156031127
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
HarperCollins Publishers Ireland
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