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    on literature

    Cover of Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction
    Non­fic­tion
    Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Very Short Introduction
    Ilan Sta­vans
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    Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
    Carole Angier
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    In Mem­o­ry of Memory
    Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
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    ‘A More Per­son­al Slice of Sci­ence Fiction/​Fan­ta­sy’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Lavie Tid­har and Sil­via Moreno-Garcia

    Lavie Tid­har, Sil­via Moreno-Garcia
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    A Return to the Source: On Trans­lat­ing Tobie Nathan’s ​‘A Land Like You’

    Joyce Zonana
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    Rena Ross­ner
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    ‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

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