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1	Keys to the Garden: New Israeli Writing more books like this by Ammiel Alcalay (Editor) add to wishlist The first anthology of twentiieth-century Israeli literature to feature the work of writers who were born in - or whose families originated from - the Levant, Turkey, Iran, India, and the Arab world presents twenty-four authors whose concerns with cultural identity, race, class, gender, and political allegiances place their work alongside today's ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $13.51! \| SVS
2	Shivitti: A Vision more books like this by Ka-Tzentnik 135633, Ka-Tzetnik, Eliyah Nike De-Nur (Translator) add to wishlist A rare and haunting account of the author's experiences in a Nazi death camp as he relives them under LSD therapy. Translated from Hebrew by Eliyah Nike De-Nur and Lisa Herman. see all copies from $8.25! new only from $18.95! \| first editions
3	A Table for One: Under the Light of Jerusalem more books like this by Aharon Appelfeld add to wishlist "A Table For One" is a memoir of Aharon Appelfeld's city, Jerusalem. It brings forth an unknown side of Appelfeld's writing as he reveals the centrality of Jerusalem in his life and work. We discover that his "city of light" proved to be far more than a shelter and the place where Appelfeld came of age and spent his adult life: it became his ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $10.15! \| SVS
4	The Story of a Life more books like this by Aharon Appelfeld add to wishlist Aharon Appelfeld writes a searingly candid memoir about what he has fictionalized so often: the Holocaust and his experiences in it. Sent to a camp at eight after the death of his parents, Appelfeld managed to escape two years later and hide out in the woods, occasionally mistreated by people who discovered him, until finally, at 14 when the war ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Journey to My Father, Isaac Bashevis Singer more books like this by Israel Zamir, Ms. Barbara Harshav (Translator) add to wishlist When Isaac Bashevis Singer emigrated from Poland to America in 1935, he left behind his wife and five-year-old son, Israel, with the promise to send for them as soon as he got settled. He never did. Mother and child moved first to the USSR and ultimately to Israel, where Zamir grew up on a kibbutz. In 1995, twenty years after their separation, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.68! \| first editions \| SVS
6	How to Cure a Fanatic more books like this by Amos Oz add to wishlist Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In two concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of fanaticism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $99.54! \| first editions
7	We Are All Close: Conversations with Israeli Writers more books like this by Haim Chertok add to wishlist see all copies from $2.40! new only from $12.99! \| first editions
8	Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers more books like this by Miriyam Glazer, PH.D. (Editor) add to wishlist This book introduces the powerful and provocative new fiction and poetry of Israel's women writers to an English-speaking audience. Read together, the stories and poems in this book will help to create a more sophisticated understanding of Middle Eastern passions and realities, and will foster a wealth of discussion about the meanings of homeland, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.23! \| SVS
9	Intimations of Difference: Dvora Baron in the Modern Hebrew Renaissance more books like this by Sheila E Jelen add to wishlist Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called "the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature." Born in a small town on the outskirts of Minsk to the community rabbi, Baron immigrated from the Jewish Pale of Settlement to Palestine in 1910. Although she was not the only woman writing in Hebrew in the first few decades of the twentieth century, Baron ... see all copies from $5.07! new only from $12.48! \| first editions
10	Shivitti: A Vision more books like this by Ka-Tzetnik, Eliyah Nike de-Nur (Translator), Lisa Herman (Translator) add to wishlist Though the author survived two years in Auschwitz, the memories of the horrors he experienced gripped him mercilessly for years until he found relief through psychotherapy. This book is the author's unforgettable memoir of that experience. see all copies from $7.79! new only from $9.65! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Beyond Despair: Three Lectures and a Conversation with Philip Roth more books like this by Aharon Appelfeld, Jeffrey M Green (Translator), Aron Appelfeld add to wishlist This volume contains three essays (originally lectures) about Appelfeld's experiences in the Holocaust and in Israel, as well as an interview with him conducted by Philip Roth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.80! \| first editions
12 view cover	Hebrew Writers on Writing more books like this by Peter Cole (Editor) add to wishlist "Hebrew Writers on Writing" offers a fresh look at well-known figures such as Haim Nahman Bialik and Yehuda Amichai, while also introducing a host of fascinating yet little- or never-before translated writers. Drawing from essays, letters, notebooks, poems, interviews, and other sources, it begins in early 20th-century Warsaw, wanders through the ... see all copies from $11.50! new only from $13.80! \| SVS
13 view cover	Facing the Fires: Conversations with A.B. Yehoshua more books like this by Bernard Horn, Abraham B Yehoshua add to wishlist Yehoshua is one of Israel's most prominent novelists and a controversial theorist on politics, culture, history and Jewish identity. These interviews introduce him to an English-speaking audience and reveal the interplay of literary, psychological, mythological and political motifs in his work. see all copies from $3.19! new only from $54.61! \| first editions
14 view cover	Close Encounters W/20 Israeli more books like this by Eilat Negev add to wishlist This collection of biographies is the first of its kind, as Israeli literature is almost devoid of author biographies. They are arranged chronologically and cover a hundred years of Israeli literature; the change of style and subject matter hints at the d see all copies from $14.14! new only from $15.15!
15	Burning Air and a Clear Mind: Contemporary Israeli Woman Poets more books like this by Myra Glazer (Editor), Miriyam Glazer, Shirley Faktor (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16	Gideon's Spring: A Man & His Kibbutz more books like this by Zerubavel Gilead, Dorothea Krook, Dorothea Krook-Gilead add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17	Voices of Israel more books like this by Joseph Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from $15.29! new only from $95.79! \| SVS
18	Shmuel Yosef Agnon Shmuel Yosef Agnon: A Revolutionary Traditionalist a Revolutionary Traditionalist more books like this by Gershon Shaked add to wishlist see all copies from $6.24! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Poets on the Edge: An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry more books like this by Tsipi Keller (Translator), Aminadav Dykman (Introduction by) add to wishlist Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time. see all copies from $18.08! new only from $18.08! \| SVS
20	Contemporary Israeli Literature more books like this by Elliot Anderson (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	Encounters with Israeli Authors more books like this by Esther Fuchs add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
22 view cover	Close Encounters with Twenty Israeli Writers more books like this by Eilat Negev add to wishlist This collection of biographies is the first of its kind, as Israeli literature is almost devoid of author biographies. They are arranged chronologically and cover a hundred years of Israeli literature; the change of style and subject matter hints at the demographical and historical transformations that have occurred during this span of time. The ... see all copies from $70.32! new only from $70.32!
23	Voices of Israel: Essays on and Interviews with Yehuda Amichai, A.B. Yehoshua, T. Carmi, Aharon Appelfeld, and Amos Oz more books like this by Joseph Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from $16.50!
24 view cover	The Fall of a Sparrow: The Life and Times of Abba Kovner more books like this by Dina Porat, Elizabeth Yuval (Translator) add to wishlist "The Fall of a Sparrow" is the only full biography in English of the partisan, poet, and patriot Abba Kovner (1918-1987). An unsung and largely unknown hero of the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence, Kovner was born in Vilna, 'the Jerusalem of Lithuania'. Long before the rest of the world suspected, he was the first person to state ... see all copies from $80.00! new only from $80.00!

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