Liberated Bride
出版时间:
2011-12
版次:
1
ISBN:
9780156030168
定价:
138.00
装帧:
平装
开本:
大32开
纸张:
胶版纸
页数:
568页
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Yochanan Rivlin, a professor at Haifa University, is a man ofboundless and often naive curiosity. His wife, Hagit, a districtjudge, is tolerant of almost everything but her husband's faultsand prevarications. Frequent arguments aside, they are awell-adjusted couple with two grown sons.When one of Rivlin'sstudents-a young Arab bride from a village in the Galilee-isassigned to help with his research in recent Algerian history, atwo-pronged mystery develops. As they probe the causes of thebloody Algerian civil war, Rivlin also becomes obsessed with hisson's failed marriage. Rivlin's search leads to a number ofimprobable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeplyserious and highly entertaining, Yehoshua brilliantly portrayscharacters from disparate sectors of Israeli life, united above allby a very human desire for, and fear of, the truth in politics andlife. Born in Jerusalem in 1936, A.B. Yehoshua is one of Israel'spre-eminent writers. He teaches Comparative Literature at theUniversity of Haifa.
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内容简介:
Yochanan Rivlin, a professor at Haifa University, is a man ofboundless and often naive curiosity. His wife, Hagit, a districtjudge, is tolerant of almost everything but her husband's faultsand prevarications. Frequent arguments aside, they are awell-adjusted couple with two grown sons.When one of Rivlin'sstudents-a young Arab bride from a village in the Galilee-isassigned to help with his research in recent Algerian history, atwo-pronged mystery develops. As they probe the causes of thebloody Algerian civil war, Rivlin also becomes obsessed with hisson's failed marriage. Rivlin's search leads to a number ofimprobable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeplyserious and highly entertaining, Yehoshua brilliantly portrayscharacters from disparate sectors of Israeli life, united above allby a very human desire for, and fear of, the truth in politics andlife.
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作者简介:
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, A.B. Yehoshua is one of Israel'spre-eminent writers. He teaches Comparative Literature at theUniversity of Haifa.
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