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Open Heart (Hardcover)

by A.B. Yehoshua (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Halban (5 Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1870015630
  • ISBN-13: 978-1870015639
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,105,413 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From the opening lines of this first person narrative, the reader is propelled into the mind of Dr Benjamin Rubin, an ambitious internist. But when he is unexpectedly selected to accompany the hospital director and his wife to India to retrieve their ailing daughter, his experience there awakens an erotic passion in him.

About the Author
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, the author lives in Haifa where he teaches Comparative Literature at the university. Apart from his novels, he writes and speaks frequently on the on-going struggle to find a permanent peace with Israel's Arab neighbours

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3.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating beginning but runs out of steam...., 5 Dec 2001
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A.B.Yehoshua is one of the leading writers in Israel. 'Open Heart' tells the story of a young medical student in Israel who accompanies a senior colleague and his wife on a rescue mission to India. The trip marks the beginning of a complex emotional journey that will profoundly change his life, on a personal and professional level.
The opening section of the book provides a captivating and sensual description of contemporary India from the perspective of a young Israeli. However, from the point that the central character returns to Israel and embarks on a clandestine relationship with his patient's mother (the wife of his colleague), the plot becomes more mundane. His obsession with this Mrs. Robinson-type figure was hard to fathom and by the end of the book, I had lost interest in the outcome.
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