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Friendly Fire

AB Yehoshua author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Halban Publishers Ltd

Published:6th Sep '10

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Ostensibly about everyday life, this intense, thoughtful and often humorous novel probes deep into the psyche of its characters and of their country.

A husband and wife spend a week apart over the Hanukkah holiday: Daniela visits her widowed brother-in-law in Africa to revive memories of her sister with him but, in ways she cannot begin to understand, he has been left wounded and raging after an earlier tragedy - a death by friendly fire.
Her husband, Amotz Ya'ari, stays behind in Israel, rushing between his engineering company, their grandchildren and his father. Life in the Ya'ari family is full, complicated and humorous, but beyond it lies a fragile society deeply uneasy with itself and badly scarred, with each family harbouring its own ghosts.
Ever-creative, A.B. Yehoshua's short, interwoven chapters create a duet-like narrative which penetrates deeply into human relationships and taps into the psyche of his country.

"...remarkable artistry..." New York Times Book Review "...a strangely sweet and satisfying ending..." TLS"

ISBN: 9781905559190

Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 34mm

Weight: 440g

464 pages