The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories21 reviews
Etgar Keret

Toby Press, 2004

Wonderful collection of strange little stories!

+ Pleasant spin
+ Entertaining Short Stories
+ really good.
  
  











  



  
Black Box15 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Badenheim 19398 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
  
  











  



  
A Tale of Love and Darkness33 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
  
  











  



  
The Chocolate Deal: A Novel2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
A Tale of Love and Darkness33 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
  
  











  



  
The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories21 reviews
Etgar Keret

Toby Press, 2004

Wonderful collection of strange little stories!

+ Pleasant spin
+ Entertaining Short Stories
+ really good.
  
  











  



  
Black Box15 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
  
  











  



  
The Chocolate Deal: A Novel2 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Badenheim 19398 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