A Late Divorce (Harvest in Translation) - Softcover

Yehoshua, Abraham B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156494477 ISBN 13: 9780156494472

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1993

Synopsis

"Anyone who has had experience of the sad and subtle ways in which human beings torment one another under license of family ties will appreciate the merits of A.B. Yehoshua's A Late Divorce." --London Review of Books

A powerful story about a family--and a country --in crisis.

The father of three grown children comes back to Israel to get a divorce from his wife of many years; another woman, newly pregnant, awaits him in America. Narrated in turn by each family member--husband and wife, sons and daughter, young grandson--the drama builds to a crescendo at the traditional family gathering on Passover Eve.

"Each character here is brilliantly realized . . . Thank goodness for a novel that is ambitious and humane and that is about things that really matter"--New Statesman

"A master storyteller whose tales reveal the inner life of a vital, conflicted nation." -- Wall Street Journal

About this title

Book Description:

A Late Divorce was A. B. Yehoshua's second novel which immediately consolidated the promise of The Lover. With the publication of this long out-of-print novel, all of A.B. Yehoshua's work is now in print with Halban Publishers.

About the Author:

A. B. YEHOSHUA is the author of numerous novels, including Mr. Mani, Five Seasons, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and he has received many awards worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0156494477
• ISBN 13: 9780156494472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364