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“To the End of the Land” is on President Obama’s reading list
The presidential reading list is in the news again, and this time I’m taking an interest because Obama is apparently planning to read David Grossman’s To the End of the Land (in my translation, although you wouldn’t know that from … Continue reading
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David Grossman’s novel is out in paperback
The paperback edition of David Grossman’s To the End of the Land, in my translation, has just been released in the US (the UK release will be in the fall). Get your copy here!
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Why not much is translated between Hebrew and Arabic
An interesting piece in Publishing Perspectives on “Arabic and Hebrew: The Politics of Literary Translation.” Andalus is/was a wonderful Israeli publisher of Arabic literature in translation, and I’m sorry to hear about their demise (although their website doesn’t say anything … Continue reading
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Erica Jong comments on “To the End of the Land”
Daphne Merkin published a somewhat dissenting opinion of David Grossman’s To the End of the Land in Tablet, back in October. Her review includes some unfortunate factual errors about the book, and her tone at times is dismissive, but I … Continue reading
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“To the End of the Land” wins the Jewish Book Award!
The winners of the Jewish Book Awards have just been announced, and my translation of David Grossman’s “To the End of the Land” has won in the fiction category — the JJ Greenberg Memorial Award. Finalists in the category are … Continue reading
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Colm Toibin on “To the End of the Land” (again)
After his glowing review of David Grossman’s “To the End of the Land” in the NY Times, Colm Toibin tells the Wall Street Journal that he “was really shocked by it and moved by it.” Too bad he (or the … Continue reading
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WordPress is not as easy as I was led to believe…
Still working out some WordPress issues here on my new site, so some of the pages may misbehave for a while. Hope to be up and running soon. Meanwhile, you might be interested in checking out the program for the … Continue reading
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Welcome to my new non-blog
This is not a blog! To write a good blog, one must have both the time and the inclination to post frequent updates. I have neither. What you will find here is news about my publications and other aspects of … Continue reading
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