| Retrospective Contributor(s): Yehoshua, A. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544157982 ISBN-13: 9780544157989 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.54" W x 7.99" (0.62 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Winner, 2012 Prix du Meilleur Livre tranger "The greatest Hebrew novelist." -- Jewish Review of Books An aging Israeli film director has been invited to the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela for a retrospective of his work. When Yair Moses arrives, a painting over his bed triggers a distant memory from one of his early films: a scene that caused a rift with his brilliant but difficult screenwriter. Upon his return to Israel, Moses decides to travel to the south to look for his elusive former partner and propose a new collaboration. But the screenwriter demands a price for it that will have strange and lasting consequences. A searching and original novel by one of the world's most esteemed writers, The Retrospective is a meditation on mortality and intimacy, on the limits of memory and the struggle of artistic creation. " The Retrospective] moved me deeply." -- Vivian Gornick, The Nation " Yehoshua] achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory's slippery hold on life and on art." -- The New Yorker |
Contributor Bio(s): Schoffman, Stuart: - STUART SCHOFFMAN, a journalist and translator, is a fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and editor of Havruta: A Journal of Jewish Conversation.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. |