Private Novelist: Fiction
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Years ago, Nell Zink resolved to write a book for her friend, the Israeli novelist Avner Shats, that would mirror his remarkable style. Unable to read his Hebrew, she was forced to start from scratch. Now, this tongue-in-cheek homage is available to NellтАЩs growing readership for the first time, accompanied by a second dazzling and imaginative work that breathesтАФat ShatsтАЩs requestтАФthe perfumed air of the Old Europe and stars a figure very much like Shats.
Sailing Towards the Sunset by Avner Shats is ZinkтАЩs faux-translation of ShatsтАЩs 1998 novel Lashut El Hashkia ("Sailing Towards the Sunset"). It flows with a narrative spin only the singular Zink could pull offтАФincluding both authentic and fictional versions of characters from ShatsтАЩs life and work such as the author herself.
A fast-moving portrait of expat artists, authors, and academics on fellowships at the Villa Romana in Florence, European Story for Avner Shats centers on a trio of three indelible characters: an Israeli writer vaguely reminiscent of Shats, a German specialist in ancient lint, and a beautiful and fraudulent Russian performance artist.
Demonstrating the hallmarks of ZinkтАЩs unique talent, Private Novelist is an intimate look into this acclaimed novelistтАЩs early work that will please her coterie of admirers and further burnish her lustrous reputation.
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Nell Zink grew up in rural Virginia. She has worked in a variety of trades, including masonry and technical writing. In the early 1990s, she edited an indie rock fanzine. Her books include The Wallcreeper, Mislaid, Private Novelist, and Nicotine, and her writing has appeared in n+1, Granta, and HarperтАЩs. She lives near Berlin, Germany.
