Eleven years old and on the cusp of puberty, Aron Kleinfeld is precocious, imaginative - the leader of his gang of friends. But his bar mitzvah is looming, his friends are all hitting puberty and Aron, terrified and revolted by what he sees around him, enters a state of arrested development. He stops growing, retreats from the world, and is imprisoned in the body of a child for three long years. While Israel inches towards the Six-Day War, and his friends cross the boundary between childhood and adolescence, Aron remains in ...
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Eleven years old and on the cusp of puberty, Aron Kleinfeld is precocious, imaginative - the leader of his gang of friends. But his bar mitzvah is looming, his friends are all hitting puberty and Aron, terrified and revolted by what he sees around him, enters a state of arrested development. He stops growing, retreats from the world, and is imprisoned in the body of a child for three long years. While Israel inches towards the Six-Day War, and his friends cross the boundary between childhood and adolescence, Aron remains in his child's body, spying on the changes that adulthood wreaks as, like his hero Houdini, he struggles to escape the trap of growing up.
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. At 12, Ahron is the leader of the boys in his Jerusalem neighbourhood. But as they begin to grow up, Ahron refuses. He turns away from the brutality of sensual life that he witnesses in his father's behaviour, and ignores the growing regimentation called "patriotism", as the Six-Day War advances. Signed presentation from the author on the title page to Dan Franklin, "my editor and friend, David Grossman." ISBN: 0224032852 Pages: 343 Fine in slightly creased, near fine dust jacket. Excellent condition. Bookplate of the publisher and editor, Dan Franklin on the front endpaper.
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Very Good. Eleven years old and on the cusp of puberty, Aron Kleinfeld is precocious, imaginative-the leader of his gang of friends. But his bar mitzvah is looming, his friends are all hitting puberty and Aron, terrified and revolted by what he sees around him, enters a state of arrested development. Translator(s): Rosenberg, Betsy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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