Apples from the desert : selected stories / by Savyon Liebrecht ; translated from the Hebrew by Marg...
Apples from the desert : selected stories / by Savyon Liebrecht ; translated from the Hebrew by Marg...
Apples from the desert : selected stories / by Savyon Liebrecht ; translated from the Hebrew by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman ... [et al.] under the direction of the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature ; foreword by Grace Paley ; introduction by Lily Rattok.
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Publisher
New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1998.
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Date
1998.
Call Numbers
N892.436/L716.6/1
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Language
English
Hebrew
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Physical Description
Physical content
234 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Grace Paley -- Introduction / Lily Rattok -- 1. A Room on the Roof -- 2. Apples from the Desert -- 3. A Married Woman -- 4. Hayuta's Engagement Party -- 5. Excision -- 6. Written in Stone -- 7. The Road to Cedar City -- 8. "What Am I Speaking, Chinese?" She Said to Him -- 9. Mother's Phot...
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Publisher
New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1998.
Edition
1st English-language ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
"Savyon Liebrecht's stories reveal the impact of larger social and political conflicts within the private worlds of home and family. She depicts the personal tragedies - and the small acts of courage and reconciliation - that grow from the deep-rooted conflict between Arabs and Jews, women and men, and older and younger generations in present-day I...
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Full title
Apples from the desert : selected stories / by Savyon Liebrecht ; translated from the Hebrew by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman ... [et al.] under the direction of the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature ; foreword by Grace Paley ; introduction by Lily Rattok.
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The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish women's series.
Includes bibliographical references.
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N892.436/L716.6/1
Record Identifier
74VM0aOKqeab
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ISBN
1558612351 (pbk : alk. paper)
9781558611900 (alk. paper)
1558611908 (alk. paper)
9781558611900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1558611908 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781558612358 (pbk : alk. paper)
DDC
892.436
MMS ID
991001751729702626
