Publication

2005 - Harcourt, Orlando, Florida

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads346301
  • LibraryThing843876

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3608.A7895 T37 2005

Description

"The Task of This Translator marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary talent. In these seven stories, Todd Hasak-Lowy finds entry into daunting matters such as genocide and obesity through the absurd experiences of a series of unlikely protagonists." "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. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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