Synopsis'...a subtle, dark novel about loneliness and obsessions, but at the same time it is a wonderful comedy about the paradoxes of love and the fierceness of jealousy' - Amoz Oz Already a bestseller in Israel, this is Kenaz's most entertaining and modern novel to date, yet it is a work that resonates with as much truth as beauty. Using a variety of perspectives, Kenaz takes the reader on a tour of life in Israel today which focuses on several progagonists - a beautiful women involved with married man, a soldier who has gone AWAL, and a Filipino maid., '...a subtle, dark novel about loneliness and,obsessions, but at the same time it is a wonderful,comedy about the paradoxes of love and the,fierceness of jealousy' - Amoz Oz,Already a bestseller in Israel, this is Kenaz's,most entertaining and modern novel to date, yet it,is a work that resonates with as much truth as,beauty. Using a variety of perspectives, Kenaz,takes the reader on a tour of life in Israel today,which focuses on several progagonists - a,beautiful women involved with married man, a,soldier who has gone AWAL, and a Filipino maid., In a modern-day Tel Aviv apartment complex, the lonely and isolated lives of a couple in the midst of an affair, a middle-aged realtor, an Ashkenazi Jew, and a couple whose son has gone AWOL intersect when a cleaning lady is found raped and murdered.
LC Classification NumberPJ5054.K36M313 2001