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The Short Shorts of Alex Epstein

Published: Oct. 24, 2018, 5 a.m.

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Born in 1971 in St. Petersburg, \\u200aAlex Epstein moved to the Israeli city of Lod when he was eight years old. His short stories are sometimes as short as a single sentence, and have been described as examples of the \\u201cphilosophical, or allegorical short-short story.\\u201d He has published three novels and eight collections of stories in Hebrew.

Text:

Blue Has No South\\xa0by Alex Epstein, translated by Becka mara McKay, Clockroot Books, 2010.

Lunar Savings Time\\xa0by Alex Epstein, translated by Becka Mara McKay, Clockroot Books, 2011.

A Children\\u2019s Story,\\xa0An Almost Ordinary Love Story, and\\xa0The Intelligent Mouse\\xa0by Alex Epstein, translated by Yardenne Greenspan in\\xa0The Guardian.

Music:

Tchaikovsky \\u2013 Symphony No. 2 \\u201cLittle Russian\\u201d

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