Nathan Englander

Life

Englander grew up in West Hempstead in the U.S. state of New York in an orthodox Jewish environment. Later he attended Binghamton University, New York. In the 1990s he worked as a photographer and filmmaker. Later he focused entirely on writing.

He published short stories, among others in the U.S. magazine The New Yorker and the Atlantic Monthly. Three of his stories have been included in the annual selection anthology " The Best American Short Stories ". "The Gilgul of Park Avenue " appeared in the 2000 edition, with guest editor EL Doctorow and "How We Avenged the Blum's " came in the 2006 's Band under guest editor Ann Patchett.

In 2000, his short story collection came out to relieve unbearable desire. They gave him a lot of attention, international translations and generous conditions of production for his next work. After very extensive research his first novel appeared in 2008, the Ministry for special cases. The story takes place in Buenos Aires and is concerned with the "disappearance" of 30,000 opponents of the regime of the Argentine military dictatorship ( 1976-1983 ) and its aftermath up to the present. The subtext of the book is the study of collective memory in a country where the historical events have not really worked up, and thus could be digested to "past".

Works

• To alleviate unbearable desire, 2008 ISBN 978-3630621357
• The Ministry of Special Cases ( translated by Michael Mundhenk ), 2008, 445 pp. ISBN 978-3630872599