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.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew
Original Language: Hebrew
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A. B. YEHOSHUA is one of Israel's preeminent writers. His novels include Journey to the End of the Millenium, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem, which was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2007. He lives in Haifa.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent (and comical) novel about family,
By sonia_pcar@yahoo.com (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Late Divorce (Paperback)
A Late Divorce is one of my very favorites novels. This ordinary tale about the late divorce of a middle-aged couple, one of whom is in a mental institution, is told from the perspective of each member of the family: children, their spouses and mates, grandson,etc. I have rarely laughed so much, or been touched so much, by the insightful description of the Kaminka family and their travails over a failed marriage, real estate and conflict. The scene with the rabbis at the mental institution is literary hilarity at its best...A wonderful work, original, illuminating and FUNNY!
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Moments of Brilliance but not as good as his other work,
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A short synopsis - the family patriarch returns to Israel from America to seek a divorce from his estranged, and institionalized wife who is living in an institution. Along the way in a James Joyce-like fashion, we hear from each key character in the family dynamic. The young grandson, the son, the beautiful daughter-in-law, the son-in-law, the daughter, and of course the patriarch and his wife themselves.Some of the chapters are absolutely inspired, electric, and brilliant. Others are weaker and more tiresome. This is at its core a book about family and its dynamics, not about Israel. Those looking for insight into Israeli society should try Yehoshua's brilliant novel, The Lover. For hardcore Yehoshua fans, this is a must read, others would do better looking elsewhere.
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Original Sin,
By Eric Maroney (Trumansburg, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Late Divorce (Paperback)
In A Late Divorce the reader gets to see what A.B. Yehoshua does particularly well. There is the concern with the form of the novel, the play of different styles and experiments in writing prose, all in a modernist vein, all done with very great effect. There is the variety in view point and vantage. The reader gets to experience the world of each major character from their particular perch. Then there is the thematic concern. Yehoshua is deeply involved with family dynamic. He plots the twits and turns of some `original sin' in family life. He allows the original sin to seep into every arena of his characters' lives and he plots their reactions with precision. While this work is not the masterpiece of a Mr. Mani, it comes close to the level of Yehoshua at his best, one of the great living masters of Hebrew writing. So good Yehoshua still is far ahead of the pack.
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Grandpa really has come I thought it's raining outside it wasn't a dream I remembered how they woke me and showed me to him because they promised me they would as soon as he came from the airplane even if I was sleeping that's why I agreed to go to bed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Tel Aviv, Rabbi Mashash, Vera Zasulich, Rabbi Avraham, Refa'el Calderon, Rabbi Subotnik, Yisra'el Kedmi, Dina Kaminka, German Jew, Pleasantly My Body, Professor Kaminka, Ten Easy Lessons, World War New!
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Grandpa really has come I thought it's raining outside it wasn't a dream I remembered how they woke me and showed me to him because they promised me they would as soon as he came from the airplane even if I was sleeping that's why I agreed to go to bed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Tel Aviv, Rabbi Mashash, Vera Zasulich, Rabbi Avraham, Refa'el Calderon, Rabbi Subotnik, Yisra'el Kedmi, Dina Kaminka, German Jew, Pleasantly My Body, Professor Kaminka, Ten Easy Lessons, World War New!
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