blue has no south

Sep 29, 2026

A translated short story collection edited for English readers, centered on the title motif “blue has no south.” The volume presents multiple literary pieces by Alex Epstein, translated from Hebrew by Becka Mara McKay, with a range of imaginative, dreamlike, and allegorical scenes. It includes a detailed contents list of story titles and offers publication and copyright credits, epigraph, and acknowledgements to earlier venues.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages148

Reading Time3 h 48 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Story list

# blue has no south stories by alex epstein translated by Becka Mara McKay blue has no south b10g0 1 stories by Alex Epstein translated from the Hebrew by Becka Mara McKayclockroot booksed )awee!To~g ~1Mat w For Shai,with love First published in the United States in 2010by Clockroot Books An imprint of lnterlink Publishing Group,Inc.46 Crosby Street Northampton,Massachusetts 01060www.clockrootbooks.com Text copyright ◎Alex Epstein,2010Translation copyright C Becka Mara McKay,2010 Published by arrangement with the Institute for the Translation ofHebrew Literature We gratefully acknowledge the editors of the following publications,in which some ofthese stories have appeared:the lowa Review,Natural Bridge,PEN America,Rhino,Words Without Borders,and Zeek. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Epshtain,Aleks,1971- [Le-khahol en darom.English] Blue has no south/by Alex Epslein;translated from the Hebrew by Becka Mara McKay-1st American ed. p.cm. ISBN978-1-56656-806-7 (pbk.) I.McKay,Becko Mara.Il.Title.PJ5054.E597L4132010892.4'36-dc22 2010002786 Printed and bound in the United Stales of America Cover painting ◎Zsolt HorvothBook design byJuliana Spear For we are like tree trunks in the snow.In appearance theylie sleekly and a litle push should be enough to set themrolling.No,it can'tbe done,for they are firmly wedded tothe ground.But see,even that is only appearance. —Franz Kafka contents Jung's Nightmare of Watches 1East German China 2A Short,Sad,and Imaginary Guide to Prague 4The Angel that Brod and Kafka Dreamed of 5The Woman Who Collected Solved Crossword Puzzles 6The Short Legend of the City of Dry Fountains 7A Wayward Text Message 9Miniature Metaphors of an Airport 10May Equations llThe Memory of the Sail,or the Later Voyages of Penelope 12The Name of the Moon 13Memory Card 14White on White:Background 15The Man Who Lived in an Elevator 16More on the Return of Odysseus 17Beyond the Wall 18Wonders of the Labyrinth 19Last Dreams in the Garden of Eden 20Homer's Childhood Games 21Portrait of the Artist as an Artist 22Time War 23A Story in Which No Snow Will Fall 25Walter Benjamin Arranges His Library Again 26On the Sad Beauty of Avishag 27Atlas in Old Age 28Untitled:Light 29In the Prison of the Blind 31StillLife 32Another Conversation with Death 33The Angel Who Photographed God 34 Little Voyages Home 35Edgar Allen Poe in Yiddish 36The Labor of Empathy 38The Woman Who Dreamed of Imaginary Chansons 39Gloss 40True Illusion 41Untitled:Family 42The Flawed Symmetry of Romeo and Juliet 44All the Positions of Sleep 45A One-Book Woman 46A Little Café Drama 47Almost-Full Story 48The Sky's Strangeness 49What There Was Between Us 50Penelope's Last Glance 51Landscape with the Sinking of the Argo 52Intersections 53Imaginary Street Sweeper 56More Names for Rain 57Gibraltar,a Love Story 58Lullaby for an Old Chess Player 59On the Mourning Customs of Elephants 60The Last Hour of Falling in Love 61On the Time Difference Between Poetry and Prose 62The Reader as Accomplice 63Small Journeys in a Domestic Space (Or,How CosmonautsFall in Love)64Blue Has No South 65Creases 66More Proof of Existence 67Spaces 68The Bookmark's Edge 70 The Almost Complete Guide to Writing and Reading the VeryShortest Love Stories 71The Dedication 72A Beggar Who Comes Every Night 73Fable of the Last Zebra 74Logic 75The Mystery of Jewish and Aryan Chess 76Continuity 80The Retired Pianist's Routine 81The Writer's Block of the last Man in the World 82The Chase 83Time as an lllness 84Another Way Out 85Untitled:Love 86En Passant 87Another Poet's Typewriter 88Cain's Defense 89The Hidden Talent of the Old Coroner 90The Short Tale About Chekhov's Daughter 91Borges's Last Dream 92Sitting Shiva 93A Short Report on Old Age and the Music of Celestial Bodies 94The Immortal's Routine 95The Writer from Mars 96The Short Legend of the End of the World and theOld Chess Player 97Time's Lighthouses 98A Miniature Mythology of

FAQs

What is the main title of this book?

The main title is “blue has no south.”

Who wrote the stories and who translated them?

The stories are by Alex Epstein, translated from the Hebrew by Becka Mara McKay.

What does the document include besides the title?

It provides front matter such as publication and copyright information, an epigraph, acknowledgements, and a long contents list of story titles.

Sep 29, 2026

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