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by David Grossman, דויד גרוסמן
This is like a train wreck. I felt like I couldn't look & yet I couldn't look away either. I was yanked in fairly quickly to a stream-of-consciouness style (a stream-of-stand-up-comedy-ness monologue) that's quick, & harsh, & brutal, & funny, & touching, & uncomfortable. And using the conceit of the observer to see, really see, the storyteller, the comedian, the one sharing his guts on the stage, puts you in a prime seat in the audience, as uncomfortable & as stifling as it might be. Uncomfortable in a bad way. Uncomfortable in a good way. And I cried. Certainly a unique book & one I will not quickly forget.
I must give hearty praise to translator Jessica Cohen too. As claustrophobic as this feels (like you're really stuck in a dive bar watching a comedian that veers between humor & very uncomfortable talk) & as fast as it feels (just like you're listening to the pace of a comedian as he acts & reacts in relation to the audience), it's as if she has channeled all the energy & tension & funneled it into the English translation. Just bravo.
I must give hearty praise to translator Jessica Cohen too. As claustrophobic as this feels (like you're really stuck in a dive bar watching a comedian that veers between humor & very uncomfortable talk) & as fast as it feels (just like you're listening to the pace of a comedian as he acts & reacts in relation to the audience), it's as if she has channeled all the energy & tension & funneled it into the English translation. Just bravo.