The Yemenite GirlAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 7 February 2023
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This award-winning novel is â?oaA delightful, inventive taleâ?? about the pursuit of love and literary fame from â?oa compassionate and witty satiristâ??A (Kirkus Reviews). A Itâ?Ts the opportunity of a lifetime for middle-aged Ezra Shultishâ?"a chance to the meet his literary hero, Nobel Laureate Bar Nun, a writer Ezra has worshipped for most of his career as a teacher and translator. Hoping to get a recording of the author reading his story,A The Yemenite Girl,A Shultish travels to Israel, where he finds himself pursuing his own Yemenite girl, as well as the elusive author. But will Ezra get the girlâ?"or his own glimpse of literary fame? A Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Book Award,A The Yemenite GirlA is Curt Leviantâ?Ts comic novel on the nature of celebrity and the relationship between life and art.A A â?oShultish is a man with a life of his own.A .A .A . And the celebrity, too, is remarkably drawn.A .A .A . [The book] is done with great tact, feeling, and skill.â?? â?"Saul Bellow, Pulitzer Prizeâ?" and Nobel Prize for Literatureâ?"winning author A â?oA passionate storyA .A .A . The charm of the text and the intensity of the subtext is what keeps the pages turning.â?? â?"The New York Times Book Review A â?oGood comic writing and satire on the Hebrew literary scene with its jealous politicking for literary prizes.â?? â?"The Washington Post
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