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The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories 21 reviews Etgar Keret
Toby Press, 2004
Wonderful collection of strange little stories!
+ Pleasant spin + Entertaining Short Stories + really good.
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Black Box 15 reviews Amos Oz
Vintage, 1989
It is not an airplane, it is a relationship and it is falling apart
+ The Israeli Tolstoy + This book lives in my personal Olympus... + One of Oz's best novels + A masterful meditation on Israeli society
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Human Parts (Verba Mundi,) 2 reviews Orly Castel-Bloom
David R Godine, 2004
A Significant Look at Life in Israel
+ A short novel with great reach
Most Americans look at Israel and see one thing - a conflict with the Palestinians. That is a major issue, to be sure, but Orly Castel Bloom takes a deeper look - at the economy, the social strata and the racism that permeates this country on every level - identifying her characters as humans ...
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Badenheim 1939 8 reviews Aharon Appelfeld
David R Godine, 1998
Highly Restrained, Polished and Beautiful
+ A human fable + Self - deception on the path to Disaster + First the calm, then the quiet terror..... + Badenheim 1939
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A Tale of Love and Darkness 33 reviews Amos Oz
Harvest Books, 2005
A beautiful and moving memoir
+ Memoirs are made of this + The Eternal Jewish Mother + history and biography + Superior Autobiography
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The Chocolate Deal: A Novel 2 reviews Haim Gouri
Wayne State University Press, 1999
An excellent translation of a classic Hebrew novel
Originally published in Hebrew in 1968, after the Eichmann trial. Based somewhat on the author's experiences as a Palestinian (British mandate) Jew who worked in Europe with survivors after WWII. Haim Gouri, a famous Palmach war poet from the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, is a poster child ...
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Human Parts (Verba Mundi,) 2 reviews Orly Castel-Bloom
David R Godine, 2004
A Significant Look at Life in Israel
+ A short novel with great reach
Most Americans look at Israel and see one thing - a conflict with the Palestinians. That is a major issue, to be sure, but Orly Castel Bloom takes a deeper look - at the economy, the social strata and the racism that permeates this country on every level - identifying her characters as humans ...
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A Tale of Love and Darkness 33 reviews Amos Oz
Harvest Books, 2005
A beautiful and moving memoir
+ Memoirs are made of this + The Eternal Jewish Mother + history and biography + Superior Autobiography
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The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories 21 reviews Etgar Keret
Toby Press, 2004
Wonderful collection of strange little stories!
+ Pleasant spin + Entertaining Short Stories + really good.
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Black Box 15 reviews Amos Oz
Vintage, 1989
It is not an airplane, it is a relationship and it is falling apart
+ The Israeli Tolstoy + This book lives in my personal Olympus... + One of Oz's best novels + A masterful meditation on Israeli society
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The Chocolate Deal: A Novel 2 reviews Haim Gouri
Wayne State University Press, 1999
An excellent translation of a classic Hebrew novel
Originally published in Hebrew in 1968, after the Eichmann trial. Based somewhat on the author's experiences as a Palestinian (British mandate) Jew who worked in Europe with survivors after WWII. Haim Gouri, a famous Palmach war poet from the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, is a poster child ...
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Badenheim 1939 8 reviews Aharon Appelfeld
David R Godine, 1998
Highly Restrained, Polished and Beautiful
+ A human fable + Self - deception on the path to Disaster + First the calm, then the quiet terror..... + Badenheim 1939
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