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Amos Oz: “All Rivers”

January 7, 2019 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Amos Oz’s “All Rivers,” translated from the Hebrew by Philip Simpson.

Categories Amos Oz, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2019 New Yorker Fiction, Hebrew 5 Comments

David Grossman: A Horse Walks into a Bar

August 4, 2017May 25, 2017 by Chris Phillips

Chris reviews David Grossman’s A Horse Walks into a Bar, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen and recently shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.

Categories Book Reviews, David Grossman Tags 2010s, 2014, Hebrew Leave a comment

Amos Oz: “My Curls Have Blown All the Way to China”

September 14, 2015September 14, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Amos Oz’s “My Curls Have Blown All the Way to China,” translated from the Hebrew by Maggie Goldberg Bar-Tura. This is a nice prelude to Nobel season since Oz is in the conversation each year when folks are speculating about the new laureate. Read the full post.

Categories Amos Oz, New Yorker Fiction Tags Hebrew, Short Story 5 Comments

Gail Hareven: The Confessions of Noa Weber

June 9, 2016April 9, 2010 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Gail Hareven’s The Confessions of Noa Weber, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Gail Hareven Tags 2000, 2000s, Hebrew 4 Comments

Aharon Appelfeld: Badenheim 1939

May 27, 2018September 15, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Aharon Appelfeld’s Badenheim 1939, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu.

Categories Aharon Appelfeld, Book Reviews Tags 1970s, 1978, Hebrew 19 Comments

Yoel Hoffmann: Curriculum Vitae

May 25, 2018August 3, 2009 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Yoel Hoffmann’s Curriculum Vitae, translated from the Hebrew by Peter Cole.

Categories Book Reviews, Yoel Hoffman Tags 2000s, 2007, Hebrew, New Directions 1 Comment
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