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By Savyon Liebrecht |
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Selected Stories
Foreword by Grace Paley and introduction by Lilly Rattock
Wingate Award shortlist, 1999
Co-publication - The Feminist Press at City University of New York.
Price: £9.99
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Subject Classification: Fiction
Publication Date: 20/07/1998
ISBN 10: 952942615
ISBN 13: 2147483647
Paperback
Pages:
Format: 21 x 13.8 x 1.8 cm |
AUTHORS | REVIEWS | SUMMARY | DESCRIPTION |
Author(s):
Savyon Liebrecht Savyon Liebrecht was born in Germany in 1948 and came to Israel as a young child. She studied Philosophy and Literature at Tel Aviv University. She lives in Tel Aviv.
Her four collections of stories have made her what Ha'aretz called 'a kind of signpost of modern Hebrew prose'. Her writing depicts a broad panorama of contemporary Israeli society. Her work is notable for its sensitive and precise depictions of the aftermath of trauma of the Holocaust.
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ReviewS:
'This is a very accessible
way of telling the Holocaust story to today's teenagers. It focuses
on young people doing what they always do whatever the circumstance:
flirting, bending the rules, helping each other out, smuggling in
illicit objects (in this case a collection of puppets that they
can express their underlying anxieties with) though they are experiencing
one of the twentieth century's most inhumane events. The black and
white pencil drawings are beautifully done and very sensitive, yet
with a cool edge deriving from today's best comic book illustration,
and there are a number of touches of humour as well.' Amazon
review, 2010
‘Savyon Liebrecht is one of Israel’s most popular authors. Top of the bestseller list’
(The Jerusalem Post)
‘ Rich, exciting, believable stories. Read them’
(The Washington Post) |
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SUMMARY:
Classic bittersweet tales of fury passion and disenchantment by a highly respected and popular second generation Holocaust writer, set in Israel today.
'A signpost of modern Hebrew prose.’ (Ha’aretz) ‘beautiful, affecting …plumbs profound and painful themes' (Washington
Post, Aug 1998) |
DESCRIPTION:
A broad panorama of contemporary Israeli society that reveals the passionate and intense layers underneath ordinary lives of people from different ethnic backgrounds. Concerns Arab-Israeli relations from a woman’s view.
- Appeal to a wide public in UK, Europe and USA by a popular author.
- Book launch and author’s talk: ‘On Being a Second Generation Holocaust Writer’ at Jewish Book Week (introduced by Anne Karpf ).
- British Council sponsorship for author’s flight to Britain.
- Author tour, London, Oxford, Cambridge, plus wide press coverage, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, TLS. USA tour of Borders Books,brilliant reviews New York Times, Washington Post
- Student’s introduction by scholar. Foreword by Grace Paley.
- Co-publication with the prestigious The Feminist Press, CUNY. Published with support from The European Jewish Publications Society.
- Translated under the direction of the Institute for Hebrew Literature.
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