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Like every year for more than twenty-five now – almost thirty, I quickly recalculate – we’ve come here to Lidia’s house to celebrate her birthday...
19m read Translated from Spanish by Andrea G. Labinger
He was a nice man, and older than forty. He was average height, well built...
15m read Translated from Yiddish by Jessica Kirzane
Sand. There was sand in the stairwell again. Nathan Carmi stood still and lifted his head, trying to catch sounds from the upper floor...
33m read Translated from Hebrew by Dalya Bilu
As the only one of the three Tischler brothers still in Kansas City, Martin naturally saw much more of their mother than Lewis or Jack did...
54m read
“What a pleasant surprise!” Ditsa and Yoss exclaim when they open the door and engulf Yona with hugs and kisses before she has time to decide whether this is just a routine welcome...
40m read Translated from Hebrew by the Author
Right off, Norman would know: is Rosa happy or not. Pointblank, he’d tell you: "She never is.”
56m read