{"product_id":"aquarium-paperback-1","title":"Aquarium - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYaara Shehori\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTodd Hasak-Lowy\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSly, surprising, and as fierce as its protagonists, Yaara Shehori's \u003ci\u003eAquarium\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning debut that interrogates the practice of storytelling--and storyhearing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSisters Lili and Dori Ackerman are deaf. Their parents--beautiful, despondent Anna; fearsome and admired Alex--are deaf, too. Alex, a scrap-metal collector and sometime prophet, opposes any attempt to integrate with the hearing; to escape their destructive influence, the girls are educated at home. Deafness is no disability, their father says, but an alternative way of life, preferable by far to that of the strident, hypocritical hearing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiving in a universe of their own creation, feared by and disdainful of the other children on their block, Lili and Dori grow up semi-feral. Lili writes down everything that happens--just the facts. And Dori, the reader, follows her older sister wherever she goes. United against a hostile and alien world, the girls and their parents watch the hearing like they would fish in an aquarium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the hearing intrude and a devastating secret is revealed, the cracks that begin to form in the sisters' world will have consequences that span the rest of their lives. Separated from the family that ingrained in them a sense of uniqueness and alienation, Lili and Dori must relearn how to live, and how to tell their own stories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYaara Shehori \u003c\/b\u003eis an Israeli novelist and poet. She has been an editor of Hebrew literature at Keter Books since 2013. In 2015, Shehori was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works and the Ministry of Culture's award for upcoming writers. She holds a PhD in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and a fellowship from the University of Iowa International Writing Program. In 2017, \u003ci\u003eAquarium\u003c\/i\u003e was recognized with the Bernstein Prize for the best original Hebrew-language novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTodd Hasak-Lowy \u003c\/b\u003eis an American writer and translator, and a professor of creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Task of This Translator\u003c\/i\u003e, a short-story collection; \u003ci\u003eCaptives\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel; a narrative memoir for young adults, \u003ci\u003eSomewhere There Is Still a Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, cowritten with the Holocaust survivor Michael Gruenbaum; and three books for younger readers. Hasak-Lowy lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife and two daughters.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767547298080,"sku":"9781250829542","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c870e712f95279703ef0e60b8469c7a1.webp?v=1780312995","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aquarium-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}