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THE TASK OF THIS TRANSLATOR
by TODD HASAK-LOWY,
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- Paperback
- first
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- UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew
- ISBN 10
- 0156031124
- ISBN 13
- 9780156031127
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New Delhi, India
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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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- Bookseller
- DELHI BOOK STORE
(IN)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- USD_9780156031127
- Title
- THE TASK OF THIS TRANSLATOR
- Author
- TODD HASAK-LOWY,
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- UsedLikeNew
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0156031124
- ISBN 13
- 9780156031127
- Publisher
- saunder
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Fl, Et Al.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- LITERATURE THE TASK OF THIS TRANSLATOR