Muck
By: Dror Burstein ; translated from the Hebrew by Gabriel Levin
Contributors: Levin, Gabriel, 1948- translator
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780374215835
Subjects: Prophecy; Fiction; Israelis; Poets; Authors
Work titles: Ṭiṭ
Description: In a Jerusalem both ancient and modern, where the First Temple squats over the populace like a Trump casino, where the streets are literally crawling with prophets and heathen helicopters buzz over Old Testament sovereigns, two young poets are about to have their lives turned upside down. Struggling Jeremiah is worried that he might be wasting his time trying to be a writer; the great critic Broch just beat him over the head with his own computer keyboard. Mattaniah, on the other hand, is a real up-and-comer--but he has a secret he wouldn't want anyone in the literary world to know: his late father was king of Judah. Jeremiah begins to despair, and in that despair has a vision: that Jerusalem is doomed, and that Mattaniah will not only be forced to ascend to the throne but will thereafter witness his people slaughtered and exiled. But what does it mean to tell a friend and rival that his future is bleak? What sort of grudges and biases turn true vision into false prophecy? Can the very act of speaking a prediction aloud make it come true? And, if so, does that make you a seer, or just a schmuck? -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: "Originally published in Hebrew in 2016 by Keter, Israel, as Ṭiṭ"--Title page verso.

Translation from the Hebrew of: Ṭiṭ.

In English, translated from the Hebrew.