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Online Shopping: The eLuna.com Bookstore Hebrew Books in Translation Hebrew Classics Shai Agnon Chayim Nachman Bialik Yehuda Amichai A.B. Yehoshua Amos Oz Six Israeli Novellas (Verba Mundi) by Ruth Almog (Editor), Aharon Appelfeld, David Grossman, yehudit Hendel ,1999. The writers whose work is included in Six Israeli Novellas, edited by Gershon Shaked, possess a wide range of styles and interests. David Grossman's excellent "Yani on the Mountain" explores the impact of the 1973 Yom Kippur War on a group of young Israelis living on an army base that is about to be demolished. Ruth Almog's "Shrinking" portrays, with the psychological acuity of Virginia Woolf, a lonely woman's painfully close bond with her father. And Benjamin Tammuz's "My Brother" is a decidedly contemporary variation on the ancient story of Jacob and Isaac. The editor's brief, intelligent introduction to this valuable anthology contains an extremely astute summary of the many reasons that these novellas are so compelling. The Loves of Judith by Meir Shalev, Barbara Harshav (Translator) ,1999. | |
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