[Cwgrad-announcements] Suzane Adam reads from Laundry April 24

[Ching-In Chen]

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From: Robin Russin <robin.russin at ucr.edu>
Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: Reading Series Spring and Fall 2009
To: Ching-In Chen <chinginchen at gmail.com>


Ching-In--
I've invited an Israeli Novelist, Suzane Adam, ranslated by Becka Mara McKay
to read her new novel "Laundry" on April 24 at 2PM in INTS 1113.

Here's the info, if you want to include any of it:

 Title:                         Laundry
Author:                         Suzane Adam
Translator:             Becka Mara McKay
Publisher:             Autumn Hill Books, Inc., P.O. Box 22, Iowa City, IA
52244

Distributor:            Independent Publishers Group

814 North Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610

Phone: 312.337.0747  FAX: 312.337.5985 Orders: 800.888.4741
orders at ipgbook.com
Price:                         $ US 16.95
ISBN 13:             978 - 0 - 9754444 - 7 - 4
ISBN 10:             0 - 9754444 - 7 - 6
Length:                        290 pages


*Book précis*. *Laundry* is a novel of psychological suspense that focuses
on family relationships and the aftermath of childhood trauma. In sensitive,
exact language, introspective Ildiko revisits moments from her childhood in
the 1960s in a small, far-flung village in Transylvania that have left their
mark on her entire life. Only now, after her immigration to Israel and the
process of growing up and adapting, do the repressed nightmares from the
past return and threaten to destroy the bonds of love and security she has
built in the intervening years. As her story unfolds—and with it the
parallel stories of her family—we come to understand the mysterious, violent
event that begins the novel, and to see how Ildiko’s story has come full
circle. With its complex characters and gripping narrative, *Laundry* is a
psychological thriller driven by characters whose lives were shaped by the
Holocaust.

*About the author*: Suzane Adam* *was born in Satu Mare, Transylvania, and
came to Israel at the age of ten. She completed her studies majoring in
medieval art, photography and etching. She later went on to study graphic
art and multimedia and has taught art and creative thinking, image
consulting, and computerized commercial presentation. She has worked as an
illustrator and invented games for one of Israel's largest toy firms. She
began writing seriously in 1996 and now devotes most of her time to writing.
She published her first novel,*
Laundry<http://www.autumnhillbooks.com/Laundry/laundry.htm>
*, in 2000, followed by *Mayamiya* in 2002 and *Janis's Mother* in 2004. In
2006, she was awarded the Kugel Prize for *Janis's Mother*. Her work has
been translated in German and English.

*About the translator*: Becka Mara McKay earned an MFA in translation from
the University of Iowa and an MFA in creative writing from the University of
Washington. She is currently working on her PhD in comparative literature.
Her poetry and translations have appeared in *ACM*, *American Letters and
Commentary*, *Columbia*, *Controlled Burn*, *Cranky*, *eXchanges*, *Hayden's
Ferry Review*, *Third Coast*, *small spiral notebook*, *TWO LINES*, and
elsewhere. In 2004 she received a fellowship from the American Literary
Translators Association. In 2006 she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
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Ching-In Chen
THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2009)
www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp
www.chinginchen.com
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