David Grossman
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Pub. Date
2006
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From one of Israel's most lauded contemporary writers, this book retells the myth of Samson-one of the most tempestuous, charismatic, and colorful characters in the Hebrew Bible.
Few other Bible stories feature as much drama and action, narrative fireworks and raw emotion: the battle with the lion; the three hundred burning foxes; the women he bedded and the one woman that he loved; his betrayal by all the women in his life, from his mother to Delilah;...
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Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside...
3) The hug
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"In The Hug, internationally renowned author David Grossman tells the moving story of the moment when Ben realizes that no two living creatures are alike--not his mother and father, their beautiful dog Miracle or the ants who march side by side at his feet and appear identical--and the loneliness he feels knowing that there is no one else quite like him in the whole world. But just as he is feeling the most alone he has ever felt, he is soothed by...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"From the internationally best-selling author--and revered moral voice--a remarkable novel of suffering, love, and healing, the story of three generations of women and a secret that needs to be told. The story was inspired by the life of a friend and confidante of David Grossman who, in the late 1940s, was imprisoned and tortured on the notorious Goli Otok, a barren island prison off the coast of Croatia. Grossman's telling focuses on three strong...
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
A prominent Israeli writer's report on the Israeli-Arab situation describes what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987, from the miserable condition of the Palestinian refugees and their hatred of the Israelis to the costs of occupation for both occupier and occupied. Reprint.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
It details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s, and a lawyer in 2018, each dealing with infidelity in their marriages. The series will examine how the roles of women have changed, but how their reaction to betrayal, has not.
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
When last we saw George, he and his bride Ursula were living in wedded bliss in the peaceful jungle. Unfortunately this is about to change. Scheming mother-in-law, Beatrice Stanhope, is not about to let her daughter and grandson hang out in the jungle forever. In an elaborate plot, she teams up with Ursula's obsessive ex-fianc©♭ to hypnotize Ursula into leaving George and turning his beloved jungle into mulch.