A B Yehoshua
A. B. Yehoshua (1936-2022) was born in Jerusalem to a Sephardi family. Drawing comparisons to William Faulkner and described by Saul Bellow as "one of Israel's world-class writers," Yehoshua, an ardent humanist and titan of storytelling, distinguished himself from contemporaries with his diverse exploration of Israeli identity. His work, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, includes two National Jewish Book Award winners ( Five Seasons and Mr. Mani ) and has received...See more
A. B. Yehoshua (1936-2022) was born in Jerusalem to a Sephardi family. Drawing comparisons to William Faulkner and described by Saul Bellow as "one of Israel's world-class writers," Yehoshua, an ardent humanist and titan of storytelling, distinguished himself from contemporaries with his diverse exploration of Israeli identity. His work, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, includes two National Jewish Book Award winners ( Five Seasons and Mr. Mani ) and has received countless honors worldwide, including the International Booker Prize shortlist and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ( Woman in Jerusalem ). See less
A B Yehoshua's Featured Books
A B Yehoshua book reviews
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A Woman in Jerusalem
A Search For Love And Place
A. B. Yehoshua's novel, "A Woman in Jerusalem" raises a number of difficult themes -- the nature of love, the search for identity, the importance of place -- but explores them unconvincingly. I don't ... Read More
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Journey to the End of the Millennium
Sophisticated analysis of modern Israel
by Arthur F, Nov 22, 2012
Under the guise of a journey taken in the years before the millennium year 1000, Yehoshua describes the problems of modern day Israel--issues between Ashkenazim and Sephardist traditions, secular and ... Read More
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A Woman in Jerusalem
the Personal and Mundane Experience of Terrorism
by Toby, Apr 3, 2007
A.B. Yehoshua's novel " A Woman in Jerusalem" is a sparse but gripping character study of Israeli life as everyday people pursue everyday life in a time when terrorist attacks are an everyday reality ... Read More
