Todd Hasak-Lowy is the author of the novel “Captives,” and a story collection, “The Task of This Translator.”
Sam Lipsyte called “Captives” a “fascinating literary concoction, a satire and a spiritual quest and a political head game rolled into one chilling but also often hilarious narrative.” Booklist raved that it’s a “barbed, farcical, and ambitious first novel. Hasak-Lowy’s bold comedy of conscience is alluring, clever, and mordantly funny.”
Reviewing “The Task of This Translator,” the New York Times observed that “there should be no uncertainty about the author’s explosive originality: a mix of zany wit, reverse-spin writing and enlarged purpose. Hasak-Lowy … goes beyond social satire to global concern.” The Chicago Tribune praised it as “decadently cerebral and playful.”
Hasak-Lowy received his Ph.D. in comparative literature from UC-Berkeley. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Florida, where he teaches Hebrew language and literature.
