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Desire and tragedy upset the lives of an Israeli family in this âthrilling, fresh, and surprisingâ debut novel from the award-winning filmmaker (ForeWord Review).  On the shores of Israelâs Sea of Galilee lies the city of Tiberias. In the years between the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars, it is a place bursting with desire and longing for love. As young Shlomi develops a remarkable culinary talent, he also falls for Ella, the strange neighbor and deeply troubled new neighbor. Meanwhile, Shlomiâs little brother Hilik obsessively collects words in a notebook. In the wild, selfish but magical grown-up world that swirls around them, a mother with a poetâs soul mourns the deaths of literary giants while her handsome husband cheats on her both at home and abroad.  In filmmaker Shemi Zarhinâs dazzling debut novel, hypnotic writing renders a painfully delicious vision of individual lives behind Israelâs larger national story.  âArdent, salty, whimsical, steamy, absurd . . . A wallop to the reader.â âPloughshares  âMasterful . . . haunting . . . sublime . . . Zarhinâs characters are so real they fairly jump off the page.â âThe Jerusalem Post |
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