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A.B. Yehoshua

    Abraham B. Yehoshua stands as one of Israel's preeminent literary voices. His novels delve into the intricate relationships between individuals and society, exploring themes of identity, tradition, and modernity. Yehoshua is celebrated for his profound psychological insight and his skill in crafting deeply human characters. His prose is rich and evocative, capturing the complexities of human existence with a keen eye for detail.

    El túnel
    A Woman in Jerusalem
    • A Woman in Jerusalem

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies nameless in a hospital morgue. She had apparently worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery, but there is no record of her employment. When a Jerusalem daily accuses the bakery of "gross negligence and inhumanity toward an employee," the bakery's owner, overwhelmed by guilt, entrusts the task of identifying and burying the victim to a human resources man. This man is at first reluctant to take on the job, but as the facts of the woman's life take shape-she was an engineer from the former Soviet Union, a non-Jew on a religious pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and, judging by an early photograph, beautiful-he yields to feelings of regret, atonement, and even love.At once profoundly serious and highly entertaining, A. B. Yehoshua astonishes us with his masterly, often unexpected turns in the story and with his ability to get under the skin and into the soul of Israel today.

      A Woman in Jerusalem
      3.7
    • El túnel

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Una historia conmovedora y llena de suspense sobre una familia que enfrenta el repentino deterioro mental de su querido esposo y padre, un ingeniero que descubren está involucrado en un ominoso proyecto militar secreto. Hasta hace poco, Zvi Luria era un hombre sano en sus setentas, un ingeniero que vivía en Tel Aviv con su esposa, Dina, y visitaba a sus dos hijos siempre que podía. Ahora muestra signos de demencia temprana, y su trabajo en los túneles de la Autopista Trans-Israel ya no es posible. Para mantener su mente activa, Zvi decide aceptar un trabajo como asistente no remunerado de Asael Maimoni, un joven ingeniero involucrado en un proyecto militar secreto: una carretera que se construirá dentro del enorme Cráter Ramon en el desierto del Negev. Sin embargo, el desafío de la carretera se complica por extrañas circunstancias. En la ruta propuesta, vive en secreto una familia palestina bajo la protección de un enigmático conservacionista arqueológico. Zvi se enfrenta a la situación, proponiendo un túnel que no desaloje a la familia. Pero cuando su esposa se enferma, las circunstancias comienzan a descontrolarse. El túnel es un comentario social vital y una obra maestra de Yehoshua en su mejor momento.

      El túnel
      3.7