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On Foreign Soil: Book
marries Yiddish language with stories of WWI
Broadcast May
17, 2001
 Martin Green is the force behind
an unusual literary creation.
Green, a
mechanical engineer by profession, has translated a book
called "On Foreign Soil", written originally in Yiddish by
Falk Zolf. (Mr. Zolf, by the way, is the father of well-known
Canadian journalist, Larry Zolf.)
It's about
coming of age during the First World War in Russia. The
translation is designed to tell the story, and at the same
time, teach Yiddish.
Listen
to host Shelagh Rogers' conversation with Martin Green.
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About the book (and
related stories):
- On
Foreign Soil - official site, with more information
about the book, including excerpts.
- "Mayn
Zikhroynos", Volume II - here you can read the memoirs
of Yekhezkal Kotik, published shortly before the First World
War, provide a fascinating picture of Jewish life in the
nineteenth century.
About
the Yiddish language:
More book items:
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Talking
Books: Anatomy of a Rose
Host Ian Brown and his guests take a looking at a
new book called "Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret
Life of Flowers," by Sharman Apt Russell. "Anatomy of a
Rose" (distributed in Canada by Harper Collins) takes
the reader on a botanical journey. Russell
reveals the science behind these intelligent plants: how
they evolved, how they survive, how they heal.
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Who's
to blame for the beleaguered state of Canada's book
business?
Never before have Canadian writers been so
successful both here and abroad, yet our publishing
industry remains in a quagmire. Because publishers are
strapped for cash, they are resorting to desperate means
to keeping themselves afloat. Some may have to drop
Canadian writers from their rosters as part of their
cost-cutting measures. |
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Listen
to the interview.
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Interview:
David Rakoff, a New York writer ... and so much more
David Rakoff says New York is the great love of
his life. He was a teenager when he left Canada to move
there. Now, twenty years later, he describes himself as
a "New York writer" who also happens to be a Canadian
writer, a Jewish writer, a gay writer and an "East Asian
Studies Major Who Has Forgotten Most of His Japanese"
writer. Rakoff's is a unique perspective that shows up in
the witty and poignant essays collected in his first
book,"Fraud". |
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