The Task of This Translator - Couverture souple

Hasak-Lowy, Todd

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.

A propos du livre

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.

Détails de l'édition

• 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
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