{"product_id":"private-novelist","title":"Private Novelist","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYears ago, Nell Zink resolved to write a book for her friend, the Israeli novelist Avner Shats, that would mirror his remarkable style. Unable to read his Hebrew, she was forced to start from scratch. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is Zink’s faux-translation of Shats’s 1998 novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLashut El Hashkia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (\"Sailing Towards the Sunset\"). 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA fast-moving portrait of expat artists, authors, and academics on fellowships at the Villa Romana in Florence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEuropean Story for Avner Shats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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. Written by Neil Zink. Paperback; 336 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e#21109419\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52215492509984,"sku":"bnh1787251369292","price":6.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3231\/3120\/files\/private-novelist_1.jpg?v=1787251375","url":"https:\/\/www.elmwoodbasket.shop\/products\/private-novelist","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}