Description
Professor Yohanan Rivlin has two obsessions, the first and most ambitious, is to understand the Arab mind - no mean feat in itself though perhaps made easier by the fact that he lives and works with Israeli Arabs. The second - and more personal, though equally hard to grasp - is to understand the failure of his elder son's marriage.
Rivlin's two quests lead him to extraordinary - and at times highly entertaining - encounters with very disparate people, where the personal becomes intertwined with the political, as he searches out the truth both in politics and life.
Contemporary Israeli novel about a professor trying to understand two things: the Arab mind and the secret of his son's failed marriage.
About the Author
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, A.B. Yehoshua is one of Israel's pre-eminent writers. He teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa.
Awards
Commended for Jewish Quarterly Wingate Literary Prize 2004.
Book Information
ISBN 9781870015868
Author A.B. Yehoshua
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Publisher Peter Halban Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 618g
Dimensions(mm) 139mm * 215mm * 43mm
