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    A Novel

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  • Dearest Anne

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    An Israeli girl's coming of age is told through a diary addressed to Anne Frank in this powerful novel—"a temple of love to the imaginary" ( Time Out Israel).Love is both the question and the answer in this lyrical novel by one of Israel's bestselling authors. Returning to her hometown as an adult, Rivi Shenhar discovers a collection of her old diaries—impassioned, plaintive journals she addressed ... Read more

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  • Kin

    by Dror Burstein ...
    Translated by Dalya Bilu ...
    Series series Hebrew Literature
    Emil, the unwanted child of two young parents, is adopted by Yoel and Leah, a childless couple. Yet, as the years pass, it becomes clear that Emil doesn't bear much resemblance to the parents who've loved and raised him. Is his name the only thing his real parents have left him? Kin traces the movements of Emil and his four parents as they walk through the same city, nearby but apart, searching ... Read more

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    by Gail Hareven ...
    Translated by Dalya Bilu ...
    From the Best Translated Book Awardwinning author, a novel of revenge, insanity, lies, and Hitler. ... Read more

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  • Lily la Tigresse

    by Alona Kimhi ...
    Translated by Dalya Bilu ...
    Series series Hebrew Literature
    The hilarious second novel from actress and bestselling novelist Alona Kimhi holds up a comically warped mirror to contemporary Israel, as well as the very notion of "chick lit." Inhabiting a dark fairy-tale version of modern life, drawing equal inspiration from Angela Carter and the iconography of the classic horror movie, this is the story of Lily, our proudly overweight and romantically unlucky ... Read more

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  • Heatwave and Crazy Birds

    Translated by Dalya Bilu ...
    Series series Hebrew Literature
    When her archeologist father died, Loya Kaplan left Israel seemingly for good, severing all ties to her past. Twenty-five years later, she's a flight attendant without friends or family, happiest in the temporary and artificial world of airports. Sleepwalking through life, Loya is summoned back to Israel following the death of David—her father's friend, or rival, or lover, or nemesis?—who has ... Read more

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  • Tzili

    The Story of a Life

    Translated by Dalya Bilu ...
    The youngest, least-favored member of an Eastern European Jewish family, Tzili is considered an embarrassment by her parents and older siblings. Her schooling has been a failure, she is simple and meek, and she seems more at home with the animals in the field than with people. And so when her panic-stricken family flees the encroaching Nazi armies, Tzili is left behind to fend for herself. At ... Read more

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  • The Sound of Our Steps

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    by Ronit Matalon ...
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    Gorgeously observed and emotionally powerful, The Sound of Our Steps is an inventive novel of immigration and exile from Ronit Matalon, a major voice in contemporary Israeli fictionIn the beginning there was Lucette, who is the mother to three children—Sammy, a gentle giant, almost blind, but a genius with locks; Corinne, a flighty beauty who cannot keep a job; and "the child," an afterthought, ... Read more

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    by Amos Oz ...
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    A gay poet is haunted by war and the AIDs crisis in this "sprawling fever dream of a novel" by the Dos Passos Prize-winning author of An Unnecessary Woman (NPR.org).Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic, The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life. His memories take him from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian ... Read more

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