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Sondra Silverston (trans) and
Eshkol Nevo
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Uk
Publication date
February 21, 2008
Pages
374
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780701181284
ISBN-10
0701181281
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$23.45
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This heart-warming, charming and clever first novel dips into the lives of each of the inhabitants of a village in Israel.
It is 1995 and Noa and Amir, a student couple, have decided to move in together. Noa is studying photography in Jerusalem and Amir is a psychology student in Tel Aviv. They choose a small apartment in a village in the hills, midway between the two cities.
Originally called El-Kastel, the village was emptied of its Arab inhabitants in 1948 and is now the home of Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan. Not far from the apartment lives a family grieving for their eldest son who was killed in Lebanon. The younger brother left behind, Yotam, forgotten by his parents, turns to Amir for support.
Further down the street, Saddiq watches the house while he works at a building site. He knows that this house is the one from which his family was driven by the Jews when he was a boy, and to which his mother still has a rusty key. Despite friendships that develop and lives that become entwined, tensions among this melting pot of characters seem to be rising to the surface.
This enchanting and irresistible novel offers us windows into the charactersâ lives. Each comes from somewhere different but we gradually see that thereâs much about them thatâs the same. Homesick is a beautiful and moving story about history, love, family and the true meaning of home.
It is 1995 and Noa and Amir, a student couple, have decided to move in together. Noa is studying photography in Jerusalem and Amir is a psychology student in Tel Aviv. They choose a small apartment in a village in the hills, midway between the two cities.
Originally called El-Kastel, the village was emptied of its Arab inhabitants in 1948 and is now the home of Jewish immigrants from Kurdistan. Not far from the apartment lives a family grieving for their eldest son who was killed in Lebanon. The younger brother left behind, Yotam, forgotten by his parents, turns to Amir for support.
Further down the street, Saddiq watches the house while he works at a building site. He knows that this house is the one from which his family was driven by the Jews when he was a boy, and to which his mother still has a rusty key. Despite friendships that develop and lives that become entwined, tensions among this melting pot of characters seem to be rising to the surface.
This enchanting and irresistible novel offers us windows into the charactersâ lives. Each comes from somewhere different but we gradually see that thereâs much about them thatâs the same. Homesick is a beautiful and moving story about history, love, family and the true meaning of home.
Editions
Paperback
With Eshkol Nevo |
from Dalkey Archive Pr (April 20, 2010)
9781564785824 | details & prices | 374 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Moving from character to character, perspective to perspective, Homesick is a complex and moving portrait of parallel lives and failing love in a time of permanent war.
About: Moving from character to character, perspective to perspective, Homesick is a complex and moving portrait of parallel lives and failing love in a time of permanent war.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Eshkol Nevo |
from Vintage Uk (February 21, 2008)
9780701181284 | details & prices | 374 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $23.45
About: This heart-warming, charming and clever first novel dips into the lives of each of the inhabitants of a village in Israel.
About: This heart-warming, charming and clever first novel dips into the lives of each of the inhabitants of a village in Israel.
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