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Private novelist nell zink
Private novelist nell zink






The choice of the bay leaf as a symbol for the unconscious is an interesting one. A plot summary presented on the occasion of Shats’ receipt of an empty envelope purporting to contain an unidentified sum of money, in a room hidden deep in the recesses of the Hebrew University and lined with waxy lemonwood paneling, a sum I know to have been $5,000, already spent by Shats at the time of his smiling acceptance of the empty envelope-the occasion was a ceremony commemorating his receipt, several months before, of the Peter Schweipert prize for literary genius-but I shouldn’t give away the plot for several pages yet.Īgain and again, the novel begins, my tea draws a on the internal bay leaves of my mind. IT HAVING BECOME APPARENT THAT I should write a novel, my next concern became which novel I should write.Īn obvious choice was Avner Shats’ recent debut, Sailing Toward the Sunset.

private novelist nell zink

It flows with a narrative spin only the singular Zink could pull off-including both authentic and fictional versions of characters from Shats’s life and work such as the author herself.Ī fast-moving portrait of expat artists, authors, and academics on fellowships at the Villa Romana in Florence, European Story for Avner Shats centers on a trio of three indelible characters: an Israeli writer vaguely reminiscent of Shats, a German specialist in ancient lint, and a beautiful and fraudulent Russian performance artist.ĭemonstrating the hallmarks of Zink’s unique talent, Private Novelist is an intimate look into this acclaimed novelist’s early work that will please her coterie of admirers and further burnish her lustrous reputation. Sailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats is Zink’s faux-translation of Shats’s 1998 novel Lashut El Hashkia ("Sailing Towards the Sunset"). Now, this tongue-in-cheek homage is available to Nell’s growing readership for the first time, accompanied by a second dazzling and imaginative work that breathes-at Shats’s request-the perfumed air of the Old Europe and stars a figure very much like Shats. Unable to read his Hebrew, she was forced to start from scratch.

private novelist nell zink

Years ago, Nell Zink resolved to write a book for her friend, the Israeli novelist Avner Shats, that would mirror his remarkable style.

private novelist nell zink

From the brilliant and incisive author of Mislaid-"a writer of extraordinary talent and range" (Jonathan Franzen) whose "capacity for inventions is immense" (BookForum)-comes a new collection of her earliest work: two wildly funny novellas ( Sailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats and European Story for Avner Shats) available in one compact volume.








Private novelist nell zink