Michal Gov­rin is a superb styl­ist who can cap­ture an entire world with her descriptions. 

Snap­shots jumps in, out, and all around three very dif­fer­ent places: Jerusalem, Paris, and New Jer­sey. In each locale the author describes life and cul­ture, love and frus­tra­tion, show­ing us what it’s like to live in each place. Accom­pa­ny­ing each jump to a site is a lit­er­al snap­shot of the place. 

Well received when it was pub­lished in Hebrew in 2002, the Eng­lish trans­la­tion cap­tures the aura, pas­sion, and ten­sion of the orig­i­nal work. Even the com­par­isons from city to city to city work well and are filled with vibran­cy and life. The book’s trans­la­tor, Bar­bara Har­shav, clear­ly heard the voice of author Michal Gov­rin and under­stood her imagery.