| The Task of This Translator Contributor(s): Hasak-Lowy, Todd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156031124 ISBN-13: 9780156031127 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 Annotation: The author captures the absurdity that often arises when very personal crises intersect with global issues such as ethnic violence, obesity, and the media in this collection of short stories. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004017846 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.28" W x 8.1" (0.56 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hasak-Lowy, Todd: - TODD HASAK-LOWY was born in Detroit. He teaches Hebrew language and literature at the University of Florida and lives in Gainesville, Florida. |