Synopses & Reviews
Table of ContentsTel Aviv:
Yehudit Katzir "Closing the Sea"
Gafi Amir "By the Time You're Twenty-One You'll Reach the Moon"
Yossi Avni "The Last Crusades"
Jerusalem:
Amos Oz "Thank God for His Daily Blessings"
Yosl Birstein "In the Neighborhood Where Biblical Prophets "
Eilat:
Gadi Taub "You Never Can Tell"
Kibbutz:
A. B. Yehoshua "Galia's Wedding"
Town:
David Ehrlich "The Store"
Yitzchak Laor "Rachely's Father Who Was an Actor"
Land:
Ofra Riesenfeld "What's There and What Isn't"
Shulamith Hareven "After Childhood"
Borders:
David Grossman "The Other Barta'a"
Etgar Kerrett "Cocked and Locked"
Orly Castel-Bloom "Someone Else's Story"
Pilgrimage:
Yoram Kolerstein "Idolatry"
Yosl Birstein "The Writer A. M. Fuchs Was Already Old "
Synopsis
There may be no place more blessed or burdened with narrative than Israel. In this country, story and place are inextricable. From stories set in the historical, holy city of Jerusalem to those that take place in the modern, secular city of Tel Aviv, from writing addressing the current "situation" to tales inspired by the timeless desert, this volume of sixteen short stories of Israel's finest new writers, and some of its best-loved ones, captures for the reader one of the world's most fascinating travel destinations. Contributors include Gafi Amir, Yossi Avni, Yosl Birstein, Orly Castel-Bloom, David Ehrlich, David Grossman, Shulamith Hareven, Etgar Kerrett, Yoram Kolerstein, Yitzchak Laor, Amos Oz, Ofra Riesenfeld, Gadi Taub, and A. B. Yehoshua.