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There's No Place Like Home: Eshkol Nevo's "Homesick"

There's No Place Like Home: Eshkol Nevo's "Homesick"

FromIsrael in Translation


There's No Place Like Home: Eshkol Nevo's "Homesick"

FromIsrael in Translation

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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Jul 5, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Eshkol Nevo’s first novel, Homesick, is the engrossing, interwoven story of an apartment community, told from about 8 different first-person perspectives, and a third-person omniscient narrator, as well. The novel was awarded the Book Publishers Association Gold Prize (2005), among other prizes. it was translated by Sondra Silverstein and published in English in 2009. Host Marcela Sulak reads two passages from Homesick on today’s episode. Text: Homesick by Nevo Eshkol. Translated by Sondra Silverstein. Vintage Books,2009 Music: The Night Brings The Morning by The Bridge Project Nikriz Peşrev by Derya Türkan
Released:
Jul 5, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Exploring Israeli literature in English translation. Host Marcela Sulak takes you through Israel’s literary countryside, cityscapes, and psychological terrain, and the lives of the people who create it.