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?An old-fashioned book, free of cynicism, encroaching technology and intricate plotting, but imbued with a heartfelt and optimistic view of humanity?in other words, a book filled with feeling and moral values.??New York Times Book ReviewFrom the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Israeli author, a stunning novel that brilliantly illuminates a young girl's crisis of faith and coming-of-age in Italy.Rachele Luzzato is twelve years old when...

Rachele Luzzato is 12 years old when she learns her father is seriously ill. While her family are looking forward to her Bat-Mitzvah, Rachele's teachers happen to cast her as the Madonna in the school's Christmas play. Pulled in opposing directions, Rachele feels the threads of her life begin to untangle.With the fear of losing her father, various forces compete to guide and take care of Rachele: from her charismatic Jewish grandfather, to her...

When young Rachele Luzzato's father falls seriously ill, her loneliness as an only child intensifies. A subtle, sensitive story of family, love and growing up by a masterful storyteller.

From the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Israeli author, a stunning novel that brilliantly illuminates a young girl's crisis of faith and coming of age in Padua, Italy.Rachele Luzzato is twelve years old when she learns her father is gravely ill. While her family plans for her upcoming Bat-Mitzvah, Rachele finds herself cast as the Madonna in her school's Christmas play. Caught between spiritual poles, struggling to cope with her fath...

From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father-an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible. Now he is show...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD From the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a suspenseful and poignant story of a family coping with the sudden mental decline of their beloved husband and father-an engineer who they discover is involved in an ominous secret military project Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with ...

A.B. Yehoshua weaves a masterful and deeply moving story of pointed social commentary, intriguing metaphor, and wry, wistful humour.

Now an award-winning feature film 'The Human Resources Manager

The Lover was A.B. Yehoshua's first novel and immediately brought him international recognition. It is brilliant, compassionate, and highly original, and as accomplished as all his later works.

A. B. Yehoshua was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize2005

A.B. Yehoshua is as creative, humorous and provocative as ever in The Extra

Engaging . . . Yehoshua is a master in his visual sketches of scenes." -New York Times Book Review "[A] finely etched new novel . . . A marvel of a book." - Haaretz? "Four and a half decades after his first book's publication, his twentieth shows Yehoshua's writing chops are undiminished and his content fearlessly topical." - New York Journal of Books Noga, forty-two and divorced, is a harpist with an orchestra in the Netherlands. Upon ...

Ostensibly about everyday life, this intense, thoughtful and often humorous novel probes deep into the psyche of its characters and of their country.

Contemporary Israeli novel about a professor trying to understand two things: the Arab mind and the secret of his son's failed marriage.

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Ironic, understated, masterly prose is the hallmark of A. B. Yehoshua's work. The ten stories collected here are representative of almost thirty years in his outstanding career. Some of his best-loved stories are included. "Three Days and a Child" is a chilling look at how a small child becomes the instrument of vengeance against his mother, "The Yatir Evening Express" tells the tragic story of remote mountain villagers who conspire to derail ...