Title: The task of this translator : stories /
Authors: Hasak-Lowy, Todd, 1969-
Publisher: Harcourt,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Short stories
Abstract: "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.
Contents: On the grounds of the complex commemorating the Nazis' treatment of the Jews -- Will Power, Inc -- The end of Larry's wallet -- The interview -- The task of this translator -- Raider nation -- How Keith's dad died.