The Retrospective
translated from the hebrew by stuart schoffman
$57.28
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2013
Summary
An ageing film director named Yair Moses has been invited to the Spanish pilgrim city of Santiago de Campostela for a retrospective of his early work. As he and Ruth, his leading actress and longtime muse, settle into their hotel, Moses notices the painting over his bed depicting a classical legend of an old prisoner nursing at the breast of a young woman. For the first time in decades, he recalls the infamous scene from one of his early films which led to his estrangement from his difficult …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781905559565 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1905559569 |
| Author: | A.B. Yehoshua |
| Publisher: | Peter Halban Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Peter Halban Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 142mm x 215mm x 30mm |
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“Fascinating…beautiful.”-“Ha’ir”, Israel
About The Author
A.B. Yehoshua
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, the author lives in Haifa where he teaches Comparative Literature at the university. Apart from his novels, he writes and speaks frequently on the on-going struggle to find a permanent peace with Israel’s Arab neighbours.
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