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ISBN-10: 0827602340 | ISBN-13: 978-0827602342 | Publication Date: December 1, 1984 | Edition: 1ST

This collection presents the best short fiction by one of Israel's leading poets. The stories plunge deep into the chasms of sensitivity that mark the human landscape of Israel, weaving through the inner chambers of characters' lives in prose that bristles with the visceral.

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Text: English, Hebrew (translation)

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Hardcover: 199 pages
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society; 1ST edition (December 1, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0827602340
ISBN-13: 978-0827602342
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
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