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March 24, 2025

In a New Hebrew Novel, a Fictional American-Israeli Scholar Tells His Story

The Ghost Editor.

Everyone knows that sometimes ghost writers compose books that appear under the names of politicians or celebrities. But I’m not sure what exactly a “ghost editor” would do. “The Ghost Editor” happens to be the title of a new Hebrew-language novel by Ariel Horowitz. Herewith, an excerpt, translated by Yardenne Greenspan:

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