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Abraham B. Jehoshua

  • A. B. Jehošua
  • א. ב. יהושע
December 19, 1936 – June 14, 2022
Abraham B. Jehoshua
A Journey to the End of the Millennium
The Extra
The Story of Crime and Punishment
Mr. Mani
A Woman in Jerusalem
Friendly Fire
  • 2016

    The Extra

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading
    3.8(13)Add rating

    A.B. Yehoshua is as creative, humorous and provocative as ever in The Extra

    The Extra
  • 2014

    The Story of Crime and Punishment

    • 104 pages
    • 4 hours of reading
    3.9(18)Add rating

    Desperate to escape his poverty, the poor student Raskolnikov murders his pawnbroker and her sister. At first, nobody suspects him, but his own conscience plagues him incessantly - and it isn't long before a police detective to have his doubts about Raskolnikov's innocence, and is determined to make him confess.

    The Story of Crime and Punishment
  • 2011
  • 2008

    Friendly Fire

    A Duet

    • 396 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    A couple, long married, are spending an unaccustomed week apart. Ya'ari, an engineer, is busy juggling the day-to-day needs of his elderly father, his children, and his grandchildren. His wife, Daniela, flies from Tel Aviv to East Africa to mourn the death of her older sister. There she confronts her anguished brother-in-law, Yirmiyahu, whose soldier son was killed six years earlier in the West Bank by “friendly fire." Yirmiyahu is now managing a team of African researchers digging for the bones of man’s primate ancestors as he desperately strives to detach himself from every shred of his identity, Jewish and Israeli. With great artistry, A. B. Yehoshua has once again written a rich, compassionate, rewarding novel in which sharply rendered details of modern Israeli life and age-old mysteries of human existence echo one another in complex and surprising ways.

    Friendly Fire
  • 2004

    Five Seasons

    • 366 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    3.8(128)Add rating

    The narrative follows Molkho as he navigates life after the death of his wife, exploring themes of love and desire through a series of encounters. His journey takes him from Berlin's operas to a humorous affair with a legal advisor, and then to Galilee with a young girl. In Jerusalem, an old classmate's proposition complicates his life further. Ultimately, a connection with Nina reignites his passion, despite their language barrier, highlighting the complexities of love and longing in different stages of life.

    Five Seasons
  • 2003

    The Liberated Bride

    • 576 pages
    • 21 hours of reading
    3.8(523)Add rating

    Professor Yohanan Rivlin has two obsessions: the first is to understand the Arab mind; the second is to understand the failure of his elder son's marriage. Rivlin's two quests lead him to extraordinary encounters with very disparate people as he searches out the truth both in politics and life.

    The Liberated Bride
  • 1999

    A civil court in 999 AD France debates bigamy. The plaintiff is a Jewish merchant from Morocco who is contesting the abrogation of a partnership by his nephew. The nephew cut him off because he acquired a second wife. By an Israeli writer, author of Open Heart

    A Journey to the End of the Millennium
  • 1997

    Open Heart

    • 510 pages
    • 18 hours of reading
    3.4(163)Add rating

    Delving into the complexities of love and desire, this book offers a captivating exploration of the heart's enigmatic nature. The narrative weaves together themes of passion and emotional depth, inviting readers to reflect on their own experiences with love. Its rich storytelling and profound insights create a seductive atmosphere, making it a compelling read for those intrigued by the intricacies of human relationships.

    Open Heart
  • 1993

    The lover

    • 128 pages
    • 5 hours of reading
    3.7(7426)Add rating

    Back in print in paperback, "an exquisite jewel of a novel, as multifaceted as a diamond, as seamless and polished as a pearl" ("Boston Herald"). This edition includes an Introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective--that of a visitor to Vietnam today.

    The lover
  • 1992

    Five conversations between two people reconstruct the history of the dying Mani clan, describing the lives of six generations of its members from their emigration from Greece to Palestine in 1848 to the mid-1980s. 10,000 first printing.

    Mr. Mani