Talking To The Enemy
Stories
$38.25
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
Winner of the 2006 American Library Association Sophie Brody AwardA Kirkus ReviewsBest Book of 2005The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has shaped the consciousness of a generation, but never before has it been brought to life in such vivid and telling prose. Part Tim O’Brien and part Bernard Malamud, Avner Mandelman’s Talking to the Enemy ranges from boisterously entertaining tales of domestic squabbles to dark narratives from disillusioned soldiers. Awarded the Jewish Book Award when it was pub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583226698 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583226699 |
| Author: | Avner Mandelman |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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Critics Review
“Mandelman … cast[s] the often grim news from the Middle East in a newly revealing and humanizing light.” –Jim Bartley, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
“With these agile, vernacular stories, Mandelman takes a clear-sighted yet empathetic view of a fraught nation.” –Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Avner Mandelman
Born in Israel in 1947, AVNER MANDELMAN served in the Israeli Air Force during the Six-Day War and has for four decades split his time between Paris, California, and Canada. Mandelman’s stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories 1995, The Journey Prize Stories, and The 1996 Pushcart Prize XX.
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