Aharon Appelfeld: Editor's Cut.

APPELFELD, Aharon, 1932-2018; EDITING; TO the Edge of Sorrow (Book : Appelfeld); WRITING processes; HASIDIM; PRAYER in literature; AUTHOR-reader relationships

An essay is presented in which the author discusses the process of editing a story by Jewish author Aharon Appelfeld, who writes in Hebrew, and presents an example page from the novella "To the Edge of Sorrow" about Jewish fighters in World War II. References to Hasidic prayer, emotions, and music in the passage are discussed, as well as Appelfeld's writing process, the role of the editor in fiction writing, and the relationship between authors and readers.