| A Late Divorce Contributor(s): Yehoshua, A. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156494477 ISBN-13: 9780156494472 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: A father of three grown-up children comes back to Israel to get a divorce; another woman, pregnant, awaits him in America. Narrated in turn by each participant in the drama, events grow increasingly intense, coming to a head at the traditional family gathering on Passover. Translated by Hillel Halkin. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Family Life - Marriage & Divorce - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93233327 |
| Series: Harvest in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.4" W x 8.03" (0.89 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Anyone who has had experience of the sad and subtle ways in which human beings torment one another under license of family ties will appreciate the merits of A.B. Yehoshua's A Late Divorce." --London Review of Books A powerful story about a family--and a country --in crisis. The father of three grown children comes back to Israel to get a divorce from his wife of many years; another woman, newly pregnant, awaits him in America. Narrated in turn by each family member--husband and wife, sons and daughter, young grandson--the drama builds to a crescendo at the traditional family gathering on Passover Eve. "Each character here is brilliantly realized . . . Thank goodness for a novel that is ambitious and humane and that is about things that really matter"--New Statesman "A master storyteller whose tales reveal the inner life of a vital, conflicted nation." -- Wall Street Journal |
Contributor Bio(s): Yehoshua, A. B.: - A. B. YEHOSHUA is the author of numerous novels, including Mr. Mani, Five Seasons, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and he has received many awards worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. |