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14%OFFA.B. Yehoshua - Friendly Fire - 9781905559190 - V9781905559190
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Friendly Fire

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Description for Friendly Fire Paperback. Ostensibly about everyday life, this intense, thoughtful and often humorous novel probes deep into the psyche of its characters and of their country. Editor(s): Halban Publishers. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 436.

A husband and wife spend a week apart over the Hanukkah holiday: Daniela visits her widowed brother-in-law in Africa to revive memories of her sister with him but, in ways she cannot begin to understand, he has been left wounded and raging after an earlier tragedy - a death by friendly fire.
Her husband, Amotz Ya'ari, stays behind in Israel, rushing between his engineering company, their grandchildren and his father. Life in the Ya'ari family is full, complicated and humorous, but beyond it lies a fragile society deeply uneasy with itself and badly scarred, with each family harbouring its ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Halban Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905559190
SKU
V9781905559190
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About A.B. Yehoshua
A.B. Yehoshua is the author of nine novels and a collection of short stories. He lives in Haifa where he taught comparative literature for many years and continues to be an outspoken peace activist.

Reviews for Friendly Fire
"...remarkable artistry..." New York Times Book Review "...a strangely sweet and satisfying ending..." TLS"

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