Professor Schiff's guilt : a novel
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Cohen, Jessica (Translator), translator.
Published
New York : New Vessel Press, [2023].
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 21 cm
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Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General New - Fiction | SCHIFF, AGUR Professor Schiff's Guilt | Donated in Memory of Joyce Bjorkquist by Boyd Bjorkquist | Available |
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Published
New York : New Vessel Press, [2023].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"First published in Hebrew in 2021" -- verso.
Description
"A stellar novel rendered into a darkly comic, unforgettable narrative by Booker International Prize winning translator Jessica Cohen. An Israeli professor travels to a fictitious West African nation to trace a slave-trading ancestor, only to be imprisoned under a new law barring successive generations from profiting off the proceeds of slavery. But before departing from Tel Aviv, the protagonist falls in love with Lucile, a mysterious African migrant worker who cleans his house. Entertaining and thought-provoking, this satire of contemporary attitudes toward racism and the legacy of colonialism examines economic inequality and the global refugee crisis, as well as the memory of transatlantic chattel slavery and the Holocaust. Is the professor's passion for Africa merely a fashionable pose and the book he's secretly writing about his experience there nothing but a modern version of the slave trade?"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Translated from the Hebrew.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schiff, A., & Cohen, J. (. (2023). Professor Schiff's guilt: a novel . New Vessel Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schiff, Agur, 1955- and Jessica (Translator), Cohen. 2023. Professor Schiff's Guilt: A Novel. New Vessel Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schiff, Agur, 1955- and Jessica (Translator), Cohen. Professor Schiff's Guilt: A Novel New Vessel Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schiff, Agur, and Jessica (Translator) Cohen. Professor Schiff's Guilt: A Novel New Vessel Press, 2023.
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