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`playful and painful account, delicately translated...puts the personal before the political every time'
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`a moving, memorably human tale of love, history and belonging'
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This debut novel shows a writer with great promise and a real knack for forming his characters with an impressive depth. The plot unfolds nicely as a young student couple move into a quiet neighbourhood that's meant to be a compromise - halfway between Jerusalem & Tel Aviv where they each study. Around them, the lives of their neighbours are woven into the story. It's set against a backdrop of late '95/early '96 Israel - the time of Rabin's assassination, the crumbling 'peace process', and a dramatic rise in terrorist attacks at random.
Each household has its own set of problems and preoccupations. The writer's approach is to rotate the plot from one character's perspective to the next. I like it, but it does feel at times a little clunky. That said, the dialogue is authentic and packed with a real sense of time and place. I liked the characters he creates - they are very real. Overall a good read. Other reviewers have pointed out that his second novel [World Cup Wishes] is a better crafted novel and I look forward to reading what I hope will be a very good read.
Each household has its own set of problems and preoccupations. The writer's approach is to rotate the plot from one character's perspective to the next. I like it, but it does feel at times a little clunky. That said, the dialogue is authentic and packed with a real sense of time and place. I liked the characters he creates - they are very real. Overall a good read. Other reviewers have pointed out that his second novel [World Cup Wishes] is a better crafted novel and I look forward to reading what I hope will be a very good read.
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This novel is really engrossing because of the central couple and the plot that centres around the characters in a village, who have their issues - both mundane and appalling. Though we are made to empathise with the lives within this book, the dilemmas of characters are not suger-coated or over dramatic. The prose is spare, funny and wry and the observations that the author makes about life in Israel, and in general, add to the weight of a seemingly light, easy to read book. There are many themes which the novel covers with insight, the main one, for me being belonging and resettlement, and how this relates to the past.
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Read 'Workcup Wishes' also by same author and loved it. Really disappointed with Homesick as story jumps all over the place. Each paragraph is told from different character's perspective but who is not clear. Have been reading this book for weeks and just can't seem to finish it. R
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