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The Lover [Hardcover]

A.B. Yehoshua (Author), P. Simpson (Translator)

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Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (28 Aug 1979)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0434890014
ISBN-13: 978-0434890019
Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14.2 x 3.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,344,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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one of Israel’s world-class writers --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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[Yehoshua] is a writer who exhibits the rigorous fidelity to his own perceptions that produces real originality. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Israel's Faulkner in a tour de force 28 Sep 1997

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In a most unusual storyline, a man searches for his wife's lover in the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In the meantime, early tension of the Jewish state is plumbed: Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi, man vs. woman, Arab vs. Jew. Told from constantly oscillating viewpoints in the spirit of Faulkner's *As I Lay Dying*, Yehoshua presents a hyperrealistic portrait of modern-day Israel.

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THE LOVER 13 July 2011

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A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK THAT BRINGS TO LIFE THE CHARACTERS OF THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE DIVIDE THEIR OPPOSED WAY OF THINKING AND UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHERS.THERE IS HUMANITY IN EACH OF THEM IF ONLY COULD BE UNDERSTOOD THE CONFLICT COULD BE RESOLVED.THIS AGAINST THE BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTION OF ISRAEL LANDSCAPE AND THE GHASTLY WAR.THE AUTHOR GIVES US HOPE FOR THE FUTURE THROUGH THE YOUTH OF THIS LAND

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Intelligent and original 18 Dec 1998

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A well done "fresco" of contradictions in the Israelian society. Each protagonist is part of the Israel complexity. A simple and a little surreal story in a difficult history. Great book.

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