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The Task of This Translator by Todd Hasak-Lowy (Paperback / softback, 2005)

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvest Books
ISBN-10
0156031124
ISBN-13
9780156031127
eBay Product ID (ePID)
182827752

Product Key Features

Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories & Fiction Anthologies
Author
Todd Hasak-Lowy

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication
01/06/2005
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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