Wolfy and the Strudelbakers
Zvi Jagendorf
Wolfy and the Strudelbakers by Zvi Jagendorf is an acclaimed literary masterpiece celebrating major critical honors and timeless storytelling.
Read Time: ~5.5 hr
Translated Accounts
by James Kelman (2001)
About this book
"The novel is set in an unnamed territory or country that appears to be under military rule. It is narrated in the first person, but the narrators remain anonymous, as do most of the other characters. The language used is an atypical English form, but akin to the basic translation that might appear within a department of an overseas 'foreign office'. Perhaps someone transcribed first-hand accounts of certain incidents, events and states of mind, as narrated by participants in the struggle and then passed on the transcriptions for translation; or perhaps the accounts were simply translated first hand into English and edited later. In either case the results were dispatched to a more senior civil servant who later handed them over to an appropriate state agency."--Jacket.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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