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The Task of This Translator
by Hasak-Lowy, Todd; Todd Hasak-Lowy
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- ISBN 10
- 0156031124
- ISBN 13
- 9780156031127
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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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- 2ivCi0005
- Title
- The Task of This Translator
- Author
- Hasak-Lowy, Todd; Todd Hasak-Lowy
- Illustrator
- Claudine G. Mansour (Cover Design)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156031124
- ISBN 13
- 9780156031127
- Publisher
- A Harvest Original/ Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, FL, et al.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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