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The Task of This Translator

The Task of This Translator

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The Task of This Translator

by Hasak-Lowy, Todd; Todd Hasak-Lowy

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Orlando, FL, et al.: A Harvest Original/ Harcourt, Inc., 2005. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Claudine G. Mansour (Cover Design). 252 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

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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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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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
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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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