![]() 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"). Zink earned critical acclaim with her debut, The Wallcreeper, and she made the National Book Award longlist with Mislaid (2015). 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. ![]() Years ago, Nell Zink resolved to write a book for her friend, the Israeli novelist Avner Shats, that would mirror his remarkable style. Mislaid 490 copies, 17 reviews The Wallcreeper 360 copies, 16 reviews Nicotine 226 copies, 8 reviews Doxology 140 copies, 8 reviews Avalon: A novel 40. ![]()
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