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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100156539128
ISBN-139780156539128
eBay Product ID (ePID)72793
Product Key Features
Book TitleLover
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicGeneral, American / General, Jewish
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorA. B. Yehoshua
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-235676
TitleLeadingThe
Synopsis"Elusive, haunting."-- New York Times Book Review A husband's search for his wife's lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and Arabs. " A] profound study of personal and political trauma." -- Daily Telegraph "Has the symmetry of an elegantly cut gem." -- The New Yorker, "Elusive, haunting."-- New York Times Book Review A husband's search for his wife's lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and Arabs. "[A] profound study of personal and political trauma." -- Daily Telegraph "Has the symmetry of an elegantly cut gem." -- The New Yorker, "Elusive, haunting."--New York Times Book Review A husband's search for his wife's lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and Arabs. "[A] profound study of personal and political trauma." --Daily Telegraph "Has the symmetry of an elegantly cut gem." --The New Yorker