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The Task of This Translator 1st edition
Todd Hasak-lowy
The Task of This Translator 1st edition
Todd Hasak-lowy
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.
Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
Lançado | 1 de junho de 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780156031127 |
Editoras | Mariner Books |
Páginas | 272 |
Dimensões | 157 × 16 × 203 mm · 254 g |
Idioma | English |
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